An Illustrated and Illuminated Manuscript of 'Ar'ifi's Halnama ('Book of Ecstasy' or 'The ball and the Polo-stick'), copied by the scribe Murshad, Persia, Safavid, dated 936 AH/1529 AD Persian manuscript on paper, 58 leaves, 10 lines to the page written in an elegant flowing Nasta'liq script in black ink on gold sprinkled paper, some pages with six lines to the page written horizontally and diagonally, verses separated by triangular clusters comprising 3 blue dots, headings in dark blue ink against panels of scrolling gold vines, opening illuminated double page with headpiece composed of interlacing split palmettes, flowers and chinoisérie cloudbands against blue and gold grounds, text written within cloudbands against a gold ground sprinkled with flowers, 7 finely executed miniatures, margins ruled in colours and gold, red morocco binding with gilt stamped covers decorated with a dense and rigorous design of flowers, cloudbands and split palmettes, doublures composed of gold and black filigreework against a light blue ground with a gold ropework border, in fitted cloth box with accompanying book relating to the text 18 by 11.2cm.
An Illustrated and Illuminated Manuscript of 'Ar'ifi's Halnama ('Book of Ecstasy' or 'The ball and the Polo-stick'), copied by the scribe Murshad, Persia, Safavid, dated 936 AH/1529 AD Persian manuscript on paper, 58 leaves, 10 lines to the page written in an elegant flowing Nasta'liq script in black ink on gold sprinkled paper, some pages with six lines to the page written horizontally and diagonally, verses separated by triangular clusters comprising 3 blue dots, headings in dark blue ink against panels of scrolling gold vines, opening illuminated double page with headpiece composed of interlacing split palmettes, flowers and chinoisérie cloudbands against blue and gold grounds, text written within cloudbands against a gold ground sprinkled with flowers, 7 finely executed miniatures, margins ruled in colours and gold, red morocco binding with gilt stamped covers decorated with a dense and rigorous design of flowers, cloudbands and split palmettes, doublures composed of gold and black filigreework against a light blue ground with a gold ropework border, in fitted cloth box with accompanying book relating to the text 18 by 11.2cm.
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