A Safavid copy of the Khamsa of...
A Safavid copy of the Khamsa of Nizami, Iran, 17th and 19th century, 43ff., Persian manuscript on paper, with 22ll. of neat black nasta'liq arranged in four vertical columns per page, 20 illustrations done in the Qajar period, and 3 illuminated headers, the manuscript includes three of the Khamsa’s five chapters: Layla wa Majnun, Haft Paykar, and Iskandarnama. The colophon to the Haft Paykar bears the erroneous date of AH 711, brown morocco binding with tooled medallions and spandrels. folio 28
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A Safavid copy of the Khamsa of Nizami, Iran, 17th and 19th century, 43ff., Persian manuscript on paper, with 22ll. of neat black nasta'liq arranged in four vertical columns per page, 20 illustrations done in the Qajar period, and 3 illuminated headers, the manuscript includes three of the Khamsa’s five chapters: Layla wa Majnun, Haft Paykar, and Iskandarnama. The colophon to the Haft Paykar bears the erroneous date of AH 711, brown morocco binding with tooled medallions and spandrels. folio 28
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