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TIMURID IRAN, 14TH CENTURY
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A COLLECTION OF SAYINGS OF IMAM ‘ALI IBN ABU AL-TALIB TO HIS SON HUSAYN
TIMURID IRAN, 14TH CENTURY
Arabic manuscript on dark cream paper, 12ff. plus six flyleaves, each with 6ll. of black naskh, in clouds reserved against gold ground, within gold and blue rules, polychrome verse markers, opening folio with gold and polychrome illuminated headpiece, final bifolio comprising two calligraphic pages, each with 3ll. in large gold thuluth, small black naskh and large black thuluth, each line within a red ruled panel set within blue ground, with later owners' notes and seal impressions, in later brown morocco with gilt borders
Text panel 5 ½ x 3 ½in. (14 x 8.9 cm.); folio 7 ½ x 5 ½in. (19 x 14 cm.)
TIMURID IRAN, 14TH CENTURY
Arabic manuscript on dark cream paper, 12ff. plus six flyleaves, each with 6ll. of black naskh, in clouds reserved against gold ground, within gold and blue rules, polychrome verse markers, opening folio with gold and polychrome illuminated headpiece, final bifolio comprising two calligraphic pages, each with 3ll. in large gold thuluth, small black naskh and large black thuluth, each line within a red ruled panel set within blue ground, with later owners' notes and seal impressions, in later brown morocco with gilt borders
Text panel 5 ½ x 3 ½in. (14 x 8.9 cm.); folio 7 ½ x 5 ½in. (19 x 14 cm.)
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