JAMAL AL-DIN NIZAMI (D. 1209): KHAMSA

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Lot 5 | JAMAL AL-DIN NIZAMI (D. 1209): KHAMSA
JAMAL AL-DIN NIZAMI (D. 1209): KHAMSA

SAFAVID TABRIZ, IRAN, DATED RAJAB AH 93[4]/MARCH-APRIL 15[28] AD

Persian manuscript on gold speckled paper, 185ff. plus two fly-leaves, each with 21ll. of fine black nasta'liq arranged in four columns, set within gold and polychrome rules, catchwords, headings in gold and polychrome nasta'liq, the opening folio with gold and polychrome illuminated shamsa, the following bifolio with dense gold and polychrome illumination framing 10ll. of fine black nasta'liq in clouds reserved against gold and blue ground, each section opening with illuminated headpiece and closing with dated colophon, signature of the final colophon is defaced, with 4 later fine double-page miniatures between the chapters, in contemporaneous gilt-stamped leather binding with flap, with decoupé doublures

Text panel 7 3/8 x 4 ½in. (18.8 x 11.5cm.); folio 11 ¼ x 7 3/8in. (27.8 x 18.8cm.)

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