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

Lot 38
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Lot 38 | JAMAL AL-DIN NIZAMI (D.1209): KHAMSA
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JAMAL AL-DIN NIZAMI (D.1209): KHAMSA
PROBABLY AQ QOYUNLU SHIRAZ, IRAN, DATED AH 888 / 1483-4 AD
Poetry, Persian manuscript on paper, 334ff. plus one flyleaf, each folio with 21ll. black nasta'liq arranged in four columns, section headings in gold thuluth in panel set between middle two columns, set within gold, blue, and black rules, the margins plain with blue outer rules, catchwords, f.29v. with illuminated headpiece introducing Khusraw and Shirin, with 16 half-page illustrations, the colophon dated, in Qajar lacquer binding, first folio replaced, some repainting to the illustrations
Text panel 6 3/8 x 4 3/8in. (16.3 x 11.2cm.); folio 9 x 6 ¼in. (22.7 x 15.8cm.)




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Prince Naghir Demidof
Bonhams London, 1 May 2003, lot 36
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