NUR AL-DIN 'ABD AL-RAHMAN JAMI (d. AH 898/1492 AD): KULLIYAT

Lot 19
05.08.2020 09:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 19 | NUR AL-DIN 'ABD AL-RAHMAN JAMI (d. AH 898/1492 AD): KULLIYAT
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£ 4 000 – 6 000
The complete works of Jami, containing twenty of his writings both in verse and prose, Persian manuscript on paper, 508ff. plus three flyleaves, each folio with 21ll. of elegant black nasta'liq sometimes in four columns with double gold intercolumnar rules, headings and important words and phrases picked out in red, text panels outlined in gold and polychrome, catchwords, twenty 17th century illuminated headings in gold and polychrome, numerous ownership seals of Mihr 'Ali dated AH 1238, first bifolio heavily illuminated in gold and polychrome, previous folio with applied shamsa containing the name of Sultan Mirza Husayn Bayqara against a ground with gold floral design, one colophon signed, trimmed, in later green lacquer with central medallions and floral borders signed by Muhammad 'Ali and dated AH 1176, red doublures with gold floral medallion
Text panel 7¾ x 4¼in. (19.6 x 10.7cm.); folio 13 x 8in. (33 x 20.2cm.)
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