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OTTOMAN TURKEY, SECOND HALF 15TH CENTURY
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SHAYKH MUSLIH AL-DIN SA'DI (D. 1292 AD): BUSTAN
OTTOMAN TURKEY, SECOND HALF 15TH CENTURY
Poetry, Persian manuscript on paper, 193ff. (as numbered) plus 8 fly-leaves, each folio with 11ll. of black nasta'liq script arranged in two columns with black-ruled gold divisions, titles in gold, blue or red script, text within blue and black-ruled gold frame, catchwords, opening folio with gold and polychrome illuminated headpiece, colophon with added dated of AH 840, in 19th century Ottoman gilt and stamped maroon morocco binding
Text panel 4¾ x 2 5/8in. (12 x 6.8cm.); folio 7¼ x 4 3/8in. (18.5 x 11.2cm.)
OTTOMAN TURKEY, SECOND HALF 15TH CENTURY
Poetry, Persian manuscript on paper, 193ff. (as numbered) plus 8 fly-leaves, each folio with 11ll. of black nasta'liq script arranged in two columns with black-ruled gold divisions, titles in gold, blue or red script, text within blue and black-ruled gold frame, catchwords, opening folio with gold and polychrome illuminated headpiece, colophon with added dated of AH 840, in 19th century Ottoman gilt and stamped maroon morocco binding
Text panel 4¾ x 2 5/8in. (12 x 6.8cm.); folio 7¼ x 4 3/8in. (18.5 x 11.2cm.)