NUR AL-DIN 'ABD AL-RAHMAN JAMI (D. AH 898/1492 AD): SALAMAN WA ABSAL
COPIED BY BABA SHAH AL-ISFAHANI, SAFAVID IRAN, DATED THE LAST DAY OF DHU'L HIJJA AH 979/13 MAY 1572 AD
NUR AL-DIN 'ABD AL-RAHMAN JAMI (D. AH 898/1492 AD): SALAMAN WA ABSAL COPIED BY BABA SHAH AL-ISFAHANI, SAFAVID IRAN, DATED THE LAST DAY OF DHU'L HIJJA AH 979/13 MAY 1572 AD Persian manuscript on gold-sprinkled paper, 52ff. plus 1 fly-leaf, each with 12ll. of neat black nasta'liq arranged in two columns with double gold intercolumnar rule, titles in gold nasta'liq , opening folio with gold and polychrome illuminated headpiece, the second folio from the beginning and end with alternating horizontal and diagonal lines of text, colophon signed Baba Shah al-Isfahani and dated the end of Dhu'l Hijja 979, folios laid down between gold and blue rules and pink minor borders on cream margins, one miniature, small areas of waterstaining mainly restricted to the margins, with elegant lacquer binding with mirrored black cloudbands issuing animal heads on a gold ground with dense scrolling and flowering vine, the doublures with black central cartouche, spandrels and border filled with delicate floral designs against a green ground Folio 7 7/8 x 4¾in. (20.1 x 11.9cm.); text panel 5 3/8 x 3 1/8in. (13.5 x 7.8cm.)
NUR AL-DIN 'ABD AL-RAHMAN JAMI (D. AH 898/1492 AD): SALAMAN WA ABSAL
COPIED BY BABA SHAH AL-ISFAHANI, SAFAVID IRAN, DATED THE LAST DAY OF DHU'L HIJJA AH 979/13 MAY 1572 AD
NUR AL-DIN 'ABD AL-RAHMAN JAMI (D. AH 898/1492 AD): SALAMAN WA ABSAL COPIED BY BABA SHAH AL-ISFAHANI, SAFAVID IRAN, DATED THE LAST DAY OF DHU'L HIJJA AH 979/13 MAY 1572 AD Persian manuscript on gold-sprinkled paper, 52ff. plus 1 fly-leaf, each with 12ll. of neat black nasta'liq arranged in two columns with double gold intercolumnar rule, titles in gold nasta'liq , opening folio with gold and polychrome illuminated headpiece, the second folio from the beginning and end with alternating horizontal and diagonal lines of text, colophon signed Baba Shah al-Isfahani and dated the end of Dhu'l Hijja 979, folios laid down between gold and blue rules and pink minor borders on cream margins, one miniature, small areas of waterstaining mainly restricted to the margins, with elegant lacquer binding with mirrored black cloudbands issuing animal heads on a gold ground with dense scrolling and flowering vine, the doublures with black central cartouche, spandrels and border filled with delicate floral designs against a green ground Folio 7 7/8 x 4¾in. (20.1 x 11.9cm.); text panel 5 3/8 x 3 1/8in. (13.5 x 7.8cm.)
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