JAMAL AL-DIN ABU MUHAMMAD NIZAMI (D. AH 613/1217 AD): LAYLA WA MAJNUN AND HAFT PAYKAR
SIGNED MUHAMMAD BIN MULLA MIR AL-HUSAYNI AL-USTADI, BUKHARA OR HERAT, DATED AH 1001/1592-93 AD
JAMAL AL-DIN ABU MUHAMMAD NIZAMI (D. AH 613/1217 AD): LAYLA WA MAJNUN AND HAFT PAYKAR SIGNED MUHAMMAD BIN MULLA MIR AL-HUSAYNI AL-USTADI, BUKHARA OR HERAT, DATED AH 1001/1592-93 AD Poetry, Persian manuscript on gold-sprinkled paper, 122ff. each with 19ll. of elegant black nasta'liq arranged in four columns with double gold intercolumnar rule, text panels outlined twice in gold and polychrome, small catchwords, first folio with gold and polychrome illuminated headpieces, one other at the beginning of the Haft Paykar , nine contemporaneous paintings, Layla wa Majnun with full colophon giving the name of the scribe, patron and date, first and final folio with numerous later owner's stamps, in later 17th century Ottoman brown morocco with elegant stamped central medallion and spandrels, the doublures with gold-sprinkled medallion, spandrels and borders Text panel 7¼ x 4in. (18.4 x 10cm.); folio 11 5/8 x 7¼in. (29.6 x 18cm.)
JAMAL AL-DIN ABU MUHAMMAD NIZAMI (D. AH 613/1217 AD): LAYLA WA MAJNUN AND HAFT PAYKAR
SIGNED MUHAMMAD BIN MULLA MIR AL-HUSAYNI AL-USTADI, BUKHARA OR HERAT, DATED AH 1001/1592-93 AD
JAMAL AL-DIN ABU MUHAMMAD NIZAMI (D. AH 613/1217 AD): LAYLA WA MAJNUN AND HAFT PAYKAR SIGNED MUHAMMAD BIN MULLA MIR AL-HUSAYNI AL-USTADI, BUKHARA OR HERAT, DATED AH 1001/1592-93 AD Poetry, Persian manuscript on gold-sprinkled paper, 122ff. each with 19ll. of elegant black nasta'liq arranged in four columns with double gold intercolumnar rule, text panels outlined twice in gold and polychrome, small catchwords, first folio with gold and polychrome illuminated headpieces, one other at the beginning of the Haft Paykar , nine contemporaneous paintings, Layla wa Majnun with full colophon giving the name of the scribe, patron and date, first and final folio with numerous later owner's stamps, in later 17th century Ottoman brown morocco with elegant stamped central medallion and spandrels, the doublures with gold-sprinkled medallion, spandrels and borders Text panel 7¼ x 4in. (18.4 x 10cm.); folio 11 5/8 x 7¼in. (29.6 x 18cm.)
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