'Abd al-Rahman Jami (d. AH 898/1492 AD): Yusuf wa Zulaykha

SHIRAZ, CIRCA 1550-60

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'Abd al-Rahman Jami (d. AH 898/1492 AD): Yusuf wa Zulaykha
Shiraz, circa 1550-60
Persian manuscript on buff paper, 191ff. with 12ll. of black nasta'liq within two gold-outlined columns, titles in blue and gold, one gold and blue illuminated opening folio, facing folio lacking, with THIRTY-SIX MINIATURES, staining and flaking of paint, binding lacking
Folio 8 x 4¾in. (20.1 x 12cm.); text 4¾ x 2½in. (12 x 6.4cm.)

Lot Essay

This very interesting and original manuscript contains a huge quantity of miniatures which are most unusual in their spareness and lack of detail. Yusuf's flock on f. 87a is reduced to two goats, and rarely do more than two figures appear in each miniature. The men's turbans are of the transitional Safavid type of around 1550-60.

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