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TIMURID IRAN, 15TH CENTURY
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JALAL AL-DIN RUMI (D.1273 AD): MATHNAWI MA'NAWI
TIMURID IRAN, 15TH CENTURY
The mystic poetry of Rumi, complete (Vol. I to Vol. VI), Persian manuscript on paper, 342ff. plus one fly-leaf, each folio with 21ll. of small nasta'liq script verging on naskh script arranged in four columns between double blue divisions, headings in red script, with six finely illuminated headpieces in gold and polychrome for each of the volume titles, in Safavid gilt and stamped black morocco binding with floral decoration, with occasional marginal notes, some folios and back cover loose, the final three folios a later replacement, with old inserted note in French
Text panel 7 x 4½in. (17.8 x 11.5cm.); folio 9¾ x 6½in. (24.7 x 16.6cm.)
TIMURID IRAN, 15TH CENTURY
The mystic poetry of Rumi, complete (Vol. I to Vol. VI), Persian manuscript on paper, 342ff. plus one fly-leaf, each folio with 21ll. of small nasta'liq script verging on naskh script arranged in four columns between double blue divisions, headings in red script, with six finely illuminated headpieces in gold and polychrome for each of the volume titles, in Safavid gilt and stamped black morocco binding with floral decoration, with occasional marginal notes, some folios and back cover loose, the final three folios a later replacement, with old inserted note in French
Text panel 7 x 4½in. (17.8 x 11.5cm.); folio 9¾ x 6½in. (24.7 x 16.6cm.)
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