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SIGNED IBN RAFI' AL-DIN FADLULLAH, CONSTANTINOPLE, OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED BEGINNING OF SHA'BAN AH 923/AUGUST 1517 AD
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KHWAJA SHAMS AL-DIN HAFIZ SHIRAZI (D. 1390 AD): DIWAN
SIGNED IBN RAFI' AL-DIN FADLULLAH, CONSTANTINOPLE, OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED BEGINNING OF SHA'BAN AH 923/AUGUST 1517 AD
Persian manuscript on paper, 198ff. plus three fly-leaves, 15ll. of black nasta'liq to the page arranged in two columns within double gold divisions, with catchwords, opening folio with gold and polychrome headpiece, colophon signed and dated, giving the place of copy as Constantinople, with later ownership seal impressions, in gilt stamped black morocco
Text panel 6 x 3in. (15.3 x 7.6cm.); folio 8 7/8 x 47.7/9in. (22.3 x 12.3cm.)
SIGNED IBN RAFI' AL-DIN FADLULLAH, CONSTANTINOPLE, OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED BEGINNING OF SHA'BAN AH 923/AUGUST 1517 AD
Persian manuscript on paper, 198ff. plus three fly-leaves, 15ll. of black nasta'liq to the page arranged in two columns within double gold divisions, with catchwords, opening folio with gold and polychrome headpiece, colophon signed and dated, giving the place of copy as Constantinople, with later ownership seal impressions, in gilt stamped black morocco
Text panel 6 x 3in. (15.3 x 7.6cm.); folio 8 7/8 x 47.7/9in. (22.3 x 12.3cm.)
Provenance
The Djafar Ghazi Library, Christie's South Kensington, 9 October 2009, lot 284
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