Nur al-Din ‘Abd al-Rahman Jami (d.1492), Yusuf wa Zulaykha, signed by Mir ‘Ali, Bukhara, Shaybanid, dated 938 AH/1531-32 AD
Persian manuscript on cream paper, 151 leaves plus 5 fly-leaves, 14 lines to the page written in elegant nasta’liq in black ink within two columns against a gold speckled ground, ruled in black, green, red , blue and gold, headings in red, blue and gold, polychrome and gold opening bifolium, the colophon within clouds against a gold ground, in fine Safavid gilt binding, the doublures decorated with polychrome and gold filigree-work, with flap
25 by 16.4cm.
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Persian manuscript on cream paper, 151 leaves plus 5 fly-leaves, 14 lines to the page written in elegant nasta’liq in black ink within two columns against a gold speckled ground, ruled in black, green, red , blue and gold, headings in red, blue and gold, polychrome and gold opening bifolium, the colophon within clouds against a gold ground, in fine Safavid gilt binding, the doublures decorated with polychrome and gold filigree-work, with flap
25 by 16.4cm.