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IRAN OR CENTRAL ASIA, 18TH CENTURY
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ABU AL-QASIM FIRDAWSI (D. 1024 AD): SHAHNAMA
IRAN OR CENTRAL ASIA, 18TH CENTURY
Persian manuscript on paper, approximately 230ff. plus 4 fly-leaves, each folio with 25ll. of black nasta'liq script organized in four columns with double red rule divisions, titles in red nasta'liq script, text within polychrome rules, with 15 provincial miniatures, incomplete at beginning and end, in stamped brown morocco
Text panel 9¾ x 5¼in. (24.7 x 13.3cm.); folio 12¾ x 8in. (32.5 x 20.2cm.)
IRAN OR CENTRAL ASIA, 18TH CENTURY
Persian manuscript on paper, approximately 230ff. plus 4 fly-leaves, each folio with 25ll. of black nasta'liq script organized in four columns with double red rule divisions, titles in red nasta'liq script, text within polychrome rules, with 15 provincial miniatures, incomplete at beginning and end, in stamped brown morocco
Text panel 9¾ x 5¼in. (24.7 x 13.3cm.); folio 12¾ x 8in. (32.5 x 20.2cm.)