Abdul Qasim Ferdowsi Tusi, known as “Ferdowsi”, Shahnameh (The Book of Kings), section relating to Kamus Kashani, in Farsi, illuminated manuscript on paper [Qajar Persia or North India, c. 1800]

Abdul Qasim Ferdowsi Tusi, known as Ferdowsi, Shahnameh (The Book of Kings), section relating to Kamus Kashani, in Farsi, illuminated manuscript on paper [Qajar Persia or North India, c. 1800]

single volume, leaves misbound and uncollatable, 140 leaves, in four columns, 21 lines back nasta'liq, large beautifully illuminated polychrome heading opening the text, with 11 fine illuminated miniatures in the text added in a later hand, all heightened in gilt, columns ruled in yellow or gilt, some marginal worming rarely affecting text, overall very clean copy, 345 by 275 mm.; in modern vellum over boards, housed in modern cloth drop-box, a little rubbed and darkened

A substantial section from a large format Shahnameh copied in the early nineteenth century, with eleven beautiful and very detailed miniature paintings.

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