ABU`L QASIM FIRDAWSI (D. 1025): SHAHNAMA

Lot 10
26.10.2023 10:30UTC +00:00
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Lot 10 | ABU'L QASIM FIRDAWSI (D. 1025): SHAHNAMA
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ABU'L QASIM FIRDAWSI (D. 1025): SHAHNAMA

SIGNED MUHYI, PROBABLY MASHHAD, SAFAVID IRAN, DATED SAFAR AH 974/AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1566 AD

Persian manuscript on paper, 410ff. each with 25ll. of fine black nasta'liq, arranged in six columns, set within blue and gold rules, catchwords, section headings in gold nasta'liq, with twenty contemporaneous full-page illustrations, unbound, in white presentation box

Text panel 9 5/8 x 6 7/8in. (24.4 x 17.2cm.); folio 13 ¼ x 8 7/8in. (33.7 x 22.5cm.)

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