Nezami, Khamseh, Ferdowsi, Shâhnâmeh, double manuscript on paper, containing 10 pigment and gold miniatures, apocryphal dating 851 AH (1447 AD) and attribution to the Yazd school, Iran, probably 19th century, the Shâhnâmeh (incomplete) preceded by an introduction and occupying the central part of the pages, the Khamseh written in the margins. The miniatures in the style of the 18th century illustrating episodes of the Shâhnâmeh. Nastaliq script in black ink, columns and margins outlined in gold, subtitles highlighted in red ink in tuluth script. Frontispiece opening the book containing an invocation in Tuluth, in white letters on a blue and gold background. Various owners' seals and loan notes, mostly dating from the late 19th century. Bound in brown leather with engraved floral decoration, marbled paper endpapers, 1130 pages approximately, 26x17,5 cm
Nezami, Khamseh, Ferdowsi, Shâhnâmeh, double manuscript on paper, containing 10 pigment and gold miniatures, apocryphal dating 851 AH (1447 AD) and attribution to the Yazd school, Iran, probably 19th century, the Shâhnâmeh (incomplete) preceded by an introduction and occupying the central part of the pages, the Khamseh written in the margins. The miniatures in the style of the 18th century illustrating episodes of the Shâhnâmeh. Nastaliq script in black ink, columns and margins outlined in gold, subtitles highlighted in red ink in tuluth script. Frontispiece opening the book containing an invocation in Tuluth, in white letters on a blue and gold background. Various owners' seals and loan notes, mostly dating from the late 19th century. Bound in brown leather with engraved floral decoration, marbled paper endpapers, 1130 pages approximately, 26x17,5 cm
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