Lot Essay
The colophon notes that this was copied by 'Abd al-Samad directly from a copy in the hand of Ya'qut al-Musta'simi.
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COPIED BY 'ABD AL-SAMAD, IRAN, AH 1030/1620-21 AD
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QASIDA LAMIYA
COPIED BY 'ABD AL-SAMAD, IRAN, AH 1030/1620-21 AD
Poetry, Persian manuscript on thick buff paper, 10ff. plus 1 fly-leaf, each folio with between 7-10ll. of black naskh and thuluth arranged in panels boxed in within gold borders, gold margins between black rules, blue outer rule, laid into plain buff, blue marbled or gold illuminated paper, brown morocco with gold stamped medallions, marbled paper doublures, pages loose, some repairs
Folio 14 3/8 x 9¾in. (36.5 x 24.9cm.); Text 10 x 7½in.
COPIED BY 'ABD AL-SAMAD, IRAN, AH 1030/1620-21 AD
Poetry, Persian manuscript on thick buff paper, 10ff. plus 1 fly-leaf, each folio with between 7-10ll. of black naskh and thuluth arranged in panels boxed in within gold borders, gold margins between black rules, blue outer rule, laid into plain buff, blue marbled or gold illuminated paper, brown morocco with gold stamped medallions, marbled paper doublures, pages loose, some repairs
Folio 14 3/8 x 9¾in. (36.5 x 24.9cm.); Text 10 x 7½in.
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