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JALAL AL-DIN RUMI (D. AH 672/1273 AD): MATHNAWI
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JALAL AL-DIN RUMI (D. AH 672/1273 AD): MATHNAWI

PROBABLY SHIRAZ, 20 RABI' I AH 922/23 APRIL 1516 AD

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JALAL AL-DIN RUMI (D. AH 672/1273 AD): MATHNAWI
Probably Shiraz, 20 Rabi' I AH 922/23 April 1516 AD
Poetry, Persian manuscript on polished buff paper, 407ff. with 17ll. of fine black nasta'liq arranged in four gold-outlined columns, headings in blue or gold within gold-outlined panels, some additional verses written in the margins in gold-outlined panels, opening illuminated bifolium preceded by bifolium with preamble written in alternating lines of blue and gold within floral meander, final folio with colophon recording the completion of the manuscript in the astaneh of Husam al-Din Ibrahim on 20 Rabi' I 922, light staining, eight folios with later added miniatures, lacunae, original gold lacquer binding with interlaced arabesques, decoupé doublures
Folio 10 1/8 x 6½in. (25.7 x 16.5cm.)
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This manuscript was copied in an astaneh, a Sufi shrine or foundation. A manuscript of the complete works of Sa'di in the Bodleian Library, Oxford (MS.Fraser 73), was copied at the astaneh of Husam al-Din in Shiraz by the calligrapher and illuminator Ruzbihan and at least six other manuscripts are known to have been copied in this building between 1510 and 1525. It seems likely that in addition to its religious function, the building served as an atelier for book production. The present manuscript may have been produced at this same centre.
James, D.: After Timur, Oxford, 1992, pp. 144-149

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