SANA`I GHAZNAVI (D. CIRCA. 1131-41 AD): HADIQAT AL-HAQA`IQ

Lot 36
27.04.2023 10:00UTC +00:00
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£ 7 000
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Lot 36 | SANA'I GHAZNAVI (D. CIRCA. 1131-41 AD): HADIQAT AL-HAQA'IQ
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£ 7 000 – 10 000
SANA'I GHAZNAVI (D. CIRCA. 1131-41 AD): HADIQAT AL-HAQA'IQ

SAFAVID IRAN, FIRST HALF 17TH CENTURY

A mystical epic of Sufism, Persian manuscript on gold-sprinkled paper, 73ff. plus six flyleaves, 20ll. black nasta'liq arranged in four columns, double gold and black intercolumnar rules, headings in white nasta'liq on gold ground within gold and polychrome cartouches, text panel within gold and polychrome rules, the plain margins with copious commentary in black nasta'liq, some catchwords, opening bifolio with gold and polychrome illuminated headpiece surmounting 12ll. of black nasta'liq arranged in four columns, one previously illustrated folio, last page missing, opening flyleaves with later owner notes, velvet binding with red and silver foliate borders, red doublures with silver rules

Text panel 10 1/8 x 5 7/8in. (26 x 14.8cm.); folio 15 x 10in. (38.2 x 25.5cm.)





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