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SAFAVID IRAN, 16TH CENTURY WITH 17TH CENTURY ILLUSTRATIONS
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ABU AL-QASIM FIRDAWSI (D. 1025-26 AD): SHAHNAMA
SAFAVID IRAN, 16TH CENTURY WITH 17TH CENTURY ILLUSTRATIONS
Persian manuscript on paper, 153ff., each folio with 25ll. of black nasta'liq script arranged in four columns with double red divisions, titles in larger black thuluth script within cartouches, text within double red rules, with 22 17th century illustrations, catchwords, old repairs, incomplete at end and beginning, in 16th century Safavid gilt and stamped brown morocco binding with flap, the doublures with decoupe decoration, old collection labels, possibly from Hagop Kevorkian
Text panel 9 ¾ x 6 7/8in. (24.8 x 17.4cm.); folio 13 x 8 ¾in. (32.9 x 22.3cm.)
SAFAVID IRAN, 16TH CENTURY WITH 17TH CENTURY ILLUSTRATIONS
Persian manuscript on paper, 153ff., each folio with 25ll. of black nasta'liq script arranged in four columns with double red divisions, titles in larger black thuluth script within cartouches, text within double red rules, with 22 17th century illustrations, catchwords, old repairs, incomplete at end and beginning, in 16th century Safavid gilt and stamped brown morocco binding with flap, the doublures with decoupe decoration, old collection labels, possibly from Hagop Kevorkian
Text panel 9 ¾ x 6 7/8in. (24.8 x 17.4cm.); folio 13 x 8 ¾in. (32.9 x 22.3cm.)
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