A finely-illuminated calligraphic bifolium from a Bustan of Shaykh Musilh al-Din Sa’adi (d.1292 AD), copied by ‘Ali al-Husayni al-Katib, Persia, Safavid, Herat, 1525-26 AD Persian manuscript on paper, 21 lines to the page, written in fine and elegant nasta’liq in four columns, f.2b with text arranged in alternating horizontal and diagonal panels flanked by triangles of gold and polychrome illumination, 9 illuminated headings set within gold-flecked margins, a seal impression on f.1a text panel: 18 by 10cm. leaf: 28.4 by 18.5 cm.
A finely-illuminated calligraphic bifolium from a Bustan of Shaykh Musilh al-Din Sa’adi (d.1292 AD), copied by ‘Ali al-Husayni al-Katib, Persia, Safavid, Herat, 1525-26 AD Persian manuscript on paper, 21 lines to the page, written in fine and elegant nasta’liq in four columns, f.2b with text arranged in alternating horizontal and diagonal panels flanked by triangles of gold and polychrome illumination, 9 illuminated headings set within gold-flecked margins, a seal impression on f.1a text panel: 18 by 10cm. leaf: 28.4 by 18.5 cm.
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