Five leaves of calligraphy Herat, 16th century comprising Qur'anic and religious text, various lines of poetry ( ghazals and ruba'yat ) and calligraphic exercises, Perian and Arabic manuscript on buff, marbled or coloured paper, panels of elegant gold, black and coloured naskh and nasta'liq with gold and polychrome illuminated triangles, in gold and coloured margins between black rules and/or illuminated floral and inscription cartouche borders, three folios signed by 'Issa, one stating it was copied in the Dar al-Sultaneh, Herat and dated AH 980/1572-3 AD and one signed on the other side by Yari, one folio signed by 'Abdul Rahim, one by Muhammad b. Mayyad, all mounted on gold-sprinkled buff or blue leaves, one leaf also painted with green, orange and blue dots folio 14 x 9in. (35.4 x 23.3cm.) (5)
Five leaves of calligraphy Herat, 16th century comprising Qur'anic and religious text, various lines of poetry ( ghazals and ruba'yat ) and calligraphic exercises, Perian and Arabic manuscript on buff, marbled or coloured paper, panels of elegant gold, black and coloured naskh and nasta'liq with gold and polychrome illuminated triangles, in gold and coloured margins between black rules and/or illuminated floral and inscription cartouche borders, three folios signed by 'Issa, one stating it was copied in the Dar al-Sultaneh, Herat and dated AH 980/1572-3 AD and one signed on the other side by Yari, one folio signed by 'Abdul Rahim, one by Muhammad b. Mayyad, all mounted on gold-sprinkled buff or blue leaves, one leaf also painted with green, orange and blue dots folio 14 x 9in. (35.4 x 23.3cm.) (5)
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