COPIED FOR AMIR MU'IN AL-DIN 'ALI, IRAN, DATED AH 1015/1606-07 AD

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PERSIAN MANUSCRIPT IN VERSE
COPIED FOR AMIR MU'IN AL-DIN 'ALI, IRAN, DATED AH 1015/1606-07 AD
Poetry, Persian manuscript on gold sprinkled paper, 45ff., each with 12ll. of black nasta'liq divided in two columns with double gold and black intercolumnar rules, catchwords, opening folio with illuminated headpiece, laid down between gold and polychrome borders on coloured margins, with gold illuminated figurative scenes reserved against the coloured ground, a finely gold illuminated panel laid down on f1r., two later Qajar miniatures in the style of Reza 'Abbasi, damages and repairs, in probably original lacquer binding with gilt and stamped découpé doublures
Text panel 6¼ x 3in. (16 x 7.5cm.); folio 9 7/8 x 6¼ (25.1 x 15.8cm.)

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Lot Essay

This manuscript was copied for a Amir Mu'in al-Din 'Ali. Because of the titles used in the colophon (Hazrat-e Imam), which are often used for the 8th Imam, it has been suggested that the manuscript was copied at the Shrine of the 8th Imam in Mashhad.

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