Persian manuscript on paper, two leaves from Nizami's Khamsa, framed together, one illustrated leaf from the Iqbal-nama, depicting Alexander watching sirens bathing, one unillustrated leaf, from Makhzan al-Asrar, text in four columns of nasta'liq script in black ink, intercolumnar rules in gold, inner margins ruled in colours and gold, unillustrated leaf with headings written in nasta'liq script in blue, framed, each leaf 205 x 119 mm.; and an illustrated leaf from a Persian prose text, possibly Qazvini's 'Aja'ib al-Makhluqat, depicting men performing their ablutions in a bath house, Persia, Shiraz, 16th Century, Persian manuscript on paper, text verso with 14 lines to the page written in nasta'liq script in black ink, inner margins ruled in colours and gold, two text panels above and below miniature, in mount 250 x 220 mm.(2)
Persian manuscript on paper, two leaves from Nizami's Khamsa, framed together, one illustrated leaf from the Iqbal-nama, depicting Alexander watching sirens bathing, one unillustrated leaf, from Makhzan al-Asrar, text in four columns of nasta'liq script in black ink, intercolumnar rules in gold, inner margins ruled in colours and gold, unillustrated leaf with headings written in nasta'liq script in blue, framed, each leaf 205 x 119 mm.; and an illustrated leaf from a Persian prose text, possibly Qazvini's 'Aja'ib al-Makhluqat, depicting men performing their ablutions in a bath house, Persia, Shiraz, 16th Century, Persian manuscript on paper, text verso with 14 lines to the page written in nasta'liq script in black ink, inner margins ruled in colours and gold, two text panels above and below miniature, in mount 250 x 220 mm.(2)
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