ID 932086
Lot 142 | AHMET SUDI BOSNAWI (D. CIRCA 1595), SHEHR-I HAFIZ
Estimate value
£ 6 000 – 8 000
SIGNED TAHER 'UMAR, OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED AH 1237/1821-2 AD
Commentary on the Diwan of Hafiz. Ottoman Turkish manuscript in two volumes on watermarked paper, volume one 251ff. with 2 flyleaves and volume two 234ff. with two flyleaves, 37ll. of black naskh per folio with important words and underlining in red ink, gold rosette divisions, margins with periodic commentary, within blue and gold rules, catchwords and pagination, opening folio of volume one with red and gold illuminated headpiece, colophon with name of scribe, date and place of copying, in contemporary red leather binding with gilt medallions and flap, yellow paper doublures
Text panel 8 3/4 x 4 3/4in. (22.3 x 12.1cm.); folio 12 5/8 x 8in. (32.2 x 20.5cm.)
| Place of origin: | Asia, Ottoman Empire, Turkey |
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| Auction house category: | Letters, documents and manuscripts |
| Place of origin: | Asia, Ottoman Empire, Turkey |
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| Auction house category: | Letters, documents and manuscripts |
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