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SAFAVID TABRIZ, DATED 1 SHA'BAN AH 956/24 AUGUST 1549 AD
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KHWAJA SHAMS AL-DIN MUHAMMAD SHIRAZI HAFIZ (D. AH 792/1390 AD): DIWAN
SAFAVID TABRIZ, DATED 1 SHA'BAN AH 956/24 AUGUST 1549 AD
Poetry, Persian manuscript on ivory paper, 209ff. plus 2 fly-leaves, each folio with 12ll. of bold black nasta'liq arranged in two columns with double gold intercolumnar rules, catchwords, headings in blue and gold, text panels with gold and blue rules, opening folio with gold and polychrome illuminated headpiece and the opening bifolio with the text in clouds reserved against a gold ground with polychrome floral illumination, colophon dated 1 Sha'ban 956, later owners' stamps and notes, areas of staining, particularly along the lower margins, binding probably original of brown morocco with flap decorated with gilt stamped central panels with medallion surrounded by scrolling arabesques, similar border, the doublures with decoupé central medallion and spandrels on cobalt ground
Text panel 5 x 3¼in. (12.8 x 8.3cm.); folio 8 1/8 x 5¼in. (20.5 x 13.3cm.)
SAFAVID TABRIZ, DATED 1 SHA'BAN AH 956/24 AUGUST 1549 AD
Poetry, Persian manuscript on ivory paper, 209ff. plus 2 fly-leaves, each folio with 12ll. of bold black nasta'liq arranged in two columns with double gold intercolumnar rules, catchwords, headings in blue and gold, text panels with gold and blue rules, opening folio with gold and polychrome illuminated headpiece and the opening bifolio with the text in clouds reserved against a gold ground with polychrome floral illumination, colophon dated 1 Sha'ban 956, later owners' stamps and notes, areas of staining, particularly along the lower margins, binding probably original of brown morocco with flap decorated with gilt stamped central panels with medallion surrounded by scrolling arabesques, similar border, the doublures with decoupé central medallion and spandrels on cobalt ground
Text panel 5 x 3¼in. (12.8 x 8.3cm.); folio 8 1/8 x 5¼in. (20.5 x 13.3cm.)
Sale room notice
Please note that in the catalogue, the image for this lot is incorrectly labelled 192. In addition this copy of the Diwan of Hafiz includes 562 qasidas.
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