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SHAYKH MUSLIH AL-DIN SA'DI (D.1292): BUSTAN
SHAYBANID BUKHARA, DATED SHA'BAN AH 9[56]/SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 1549 AD
Poetry, Persian manuscript on cream paper, 159ff., plus two flyleaves, 14ll, of black nasta'liq arranged in two columns with gold and black intercolumnar rules, headings in gold, blue and red thuluth on gold and polychrome illuminated panels, text within gold and blue rules, catchwords, the margins illuminated in gold and polychrome with floral vine and cartouches with arabesques, the opening bifolio with two full page illustrations, the following bifolio with two gold and polychrome illuminated shamsas, followed by a gold and polychrome illuminated bifolio framing 6ll. of nasta'liq in clouds reserved against a hatched ground, four further illustrations within the text, colophon dated, flyleaves with later owners' notes and seal impressions, in modern gilt stamped binding, red doublures
Text panel 6 3⁄8 x 3 3⁄8in. (16 x 8.5cm.); folio 11 x 6 7⁄8in. (28 x 17.4cm.)