Hamdullah al-Mustawfi al-Qazwini (d.1339), Nuzhat al-Qulub, copied by Ibn Jabbar Quli Khudaverdi, Persia, Qazvin, Safavid, dated 7 Shawwal 1072 AH/May 1662
Persian manuscript on paper, 211 leaves, 21 lines to the page, written in elegant nasta'liq script in black ink, with headings and important phrases in red ink, occasional tables and diagrams, f.194b & 195a with a double page map, the final folio bearing colophon, in gilt-tooled brown leather binding
29 by 19.5cm.
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Folios with marginal repairs, a few minor tears, small areas of staining, minor smudging, the margins are mostly clean, the double pages with the map have been reinforced, the double pages with a faint horizontal central fold mark, light creasing, some rubbing and loss to pigments, the binding with minor wear, as viewed.
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Persian manuscript on paper, 211 leaves, 21 lines to the page, written in elegant nasta'liq script in black ink, with headings and important phrases in red ink, occasional tables and diagrams, f.194b & 195a with a double page map, the final folio bearing colophon, in gilt-tooled brown leather binding
29 by 19.5cm.
Condition Report:
Folios with marginal repairs, a few minor tears, small areas of staining, minor smudging, the margins are mostly clean, the double pages with the map have been reinforced, the double pages with a faint horizontal central fold mark, light creasing, some rubbing and loss to pigments, the binding with minor wear, as viewed.
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