ABU AL-QASIM FIRDAWSI (d. AH 416/1025 AD): SHAHNAMA, SIGNED MUHAMMAD QASIM BIN MUHAMMAD MIRAK AL-HUSAYNI, ISFAHAN, SAFAVID IRAN, DATED JUMADA I AH 1050/AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1640 AD

ABU AL-QASIM FIRDAWSI (d. AH 416/1025 AD): SHAHNAMA
SIGNED MUHAMMAD QASIM BIN MUHAMMAD MIRAK AL-HUSAYNI, ISFAHAN, SAFAVID IRAN, DATED JUMADA I AH 1050/AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1640 AD
Poetry, Persian manuscript on gold sprinkled paper, 440ff. plus four flyleaves, each with 25ll. of elegant black nasta'liq arranged in four columns with double black and gold intercolumnar rules, headings in red nastaliq, text in panels laid down between gold margins with blue rules on buff paper, 49 miniatures, some with slight flaking, smudging or fading of paint, opening bifolio with gold and polychrome illumination surrounding the text blocks which are arranged in reciprocating panels on gold ground, one space left in the middle of the text, presumably for another illuminated headpiece, the colophon signed Muhammad Qasim bin Muhammad Mirak al-Husayni and dated Jumada I 1050, a later owner's seal throughout often blacked out at a later date, very minor areas of staining, otherwise good condition, in later brown morocco
Text panel 10½ x 5 1/8in. (26 x 13cm.); folio 14 3/8 x 8 7/8in. (36.5 x 22.5cm.)

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