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COPIED BY SULTAN MUHAMMAD AL-HANDAN, SAFAVID IRAN, DATED 6 SAFAR AH 949/22 MAY 1542 AD
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NUR AL-DIN 'ABD AL-RAHMAN JAMI (D. 1492 AD): LAWA'IH
COPIED BY SULTAN MUHAMMAD AL-HANDAN, SAFAVID IRAN, DATED 6 SAFAR AH 949/22 MAY 1542 AD
An early copy of this work on sufi poetry written within 50 years of the author's death, Persian manuscript on paper, 35ff. plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 10ll. of black nasta'liq script within cloud bands on gold and polychrome illuminated ground, the text sometimes divided in two columns, withing gold illuminated frame, some words picked out in blue, red or black-outlined gold, the margins with fine gold floral illuminated scrolls and illuminated medallions with blue and red silhouette ground, catchwords, opening folio with illuminated headpiece, with later added owners' notes, in black morocco binding
Text panel 6 3/8 x 3½in. (16 x9cm.); folio 11 x 6 7/8in. (27.8 x 17.5cm.)
COPIED BY SULTAN MUHAMMAD AL-HANDAN, SAFAVID IRAN, DATED 6 SAFAR AH 949/22 MAY 1542 AD
An early copy of this work on sufi poetry written within 50 years of the author's death, Persian manuscript on paper, 35ff. plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 10ll. of black nasta'liq script within cloud bands on gold and polychrome illuminated ground, the text sometimes divided in two columns, withing gold illuminated frame, some words picked out in blue, red or black-outlined gold, the margins with fine gold floral illuminated scrolls and illuminated medallions with blue and red silhouette ground, catchwords, opening folio with illuminated headpiece, with later added owners' notes, in black morocco binding
Text panel 6 3/8 x 3½in. (16 x9cm.); folio 11 x 6 7/8in. (27.8 x 17.5cm.)