OTTOMAN TURKEY, AH 928/1521-2 AD
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Diwan-i-Najati
Ottoman Turkey, AH 928/1521-2 AD
Turkish manuscript on polished buff paper, 167ff. as numbered with 12ll. of black nasta'liq arranged in two columns within gold rules, text subdivided into panels also within gold rules, opening gold and polychrome folio, final folio with colophon signed Pir Ahmad b. Iskander and dated 928, above panel of spiralling gold arabesques on blue ground, light water staining, in 17th century maroon morocco binding with gold stamped oval cartouche
Folio 6½ x 4¼in. (16.5 x 10.5cm.); text 4¼ x 2 3/8in. (11 x 6cm.)
Ottoman Turkey, AH 928/1521-2 AD
Turkish manuscript on polished buff paper, 167ff. as numbered with 12ll. of black nasta'liq arranged in two columns within gold rules, text subdivided into panels also within gold rules, opening gold and polychrome folio, final folio with colophon signed Pir Ahmad b. Iskander and dated 928, above panel of spiralling gold arabesques on blue ground, light water staining, in 17th century maroon morocco binding with gold stamped oval cartouche
Folio 6½ x 4¼in. (16.5 x 10.5cm.); text 4¼ x 2 3/8in. (11 x 6cm.)