ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT, IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
Shahnameh page on fine vellum, 29 lines of text per page over four columns, in Persian in nasta'liq script in black ink.Illustrated on one side with a gouache miniature inserted into the text depicting a sovereign crowned on the throne, surrounded by two followers and granting audience to a soldier. The scene takes place in a garden with a fountain in the foreground.page: 38.3 by 24.5 cm; miniature: 21.3 by 14.5 cm.
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Shahnameh page on fine vellum, 29 lines of text per page over four columns, in Persian in nasta'liq script in black ink.Illustrated on one side with a gouache miniature inserted into the text depicting a sovereign crowned on the throne, surrounded by two followers and granting audience to a soldier. The scene takes place in a garden with a fountain in the foreground.page: 38.3 by 24.5 cm; miniature: 21.3 by 14.5 cm.
