AN ILLUMINATED TITLE PAGE FROM A MANUSCRIPT OF NIZAMI (D.1209)

Lot 61
24.10.2024 10:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 61 | AN ILLUMINATED TITLE PAGE FROM A MANUSCRIPT OF NIZAMI (D.1209)
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£ 600 – 800
AN ILLUMINATED TITLE PAGE FROM A MANUSCRIPT OF NIZAMI (D.1209)
SAFAVID SHIRAZ, FIRST HALF 16TH CENTURY
From the Sharafnama-yi Iskandari, Persian manuscript on paper, the folio with 15ll. of black nasta'liq arranged in four columns, from a manuscript with 21ll. to a folio, within gold and polychrome rules, heading in white nasta'liq outlined in black within a gold and polychrome panel, the reverse with 3ll. of diagonal verses with floral gold and polychrome illumination, with catch-word

Folio 12 ½ x 7 1/8in. (31.6 x 18.2cm); margins 9 ½ x 5 ¾in. (24.2 x 14.7cm)




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Paul Richard Loewi (1879-1939)
Thence by descent to the current owner
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