KHAMSA'S ISKANDARNAMEH (THE BOOK OF ALEXANDER) BY NIZAMI GANJAVI (D....
KHAMSA'S ISKANDARNAMEH (THE BOOK OF ALEXANDER) BY NIZAMI GANJAVI (D. 1209)
Safavid Iran, late 16th century
Persian text on paper, 416 pages, with 1 flyleaf and 1 endpaper; 17 lines to the page, written in black nasta'liq script with red titles, arranged in four columns, the inner margins ruled with a triple fillet; finely illuminated with six single-page unwan frontispieces featuring gilded and cobalt-blue panels with polychrome arabesques and upward-pointing darts; light-brown leather Western binding.
30.5 x 21.2cm
The Iskandarnameh (The Book of Alexander) is the final epic masterpiece of the Khamsa (Quintet) written by the legendary 12th-century Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi, who lived and wrote in Ganja (modern-day Azerbaijan).
Provenance:
The collection of Georges Antaki
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KHAMSA'S ISKANDARNAMEH (THE BOOK OF ALEXANDER) BY NIZAMI GANJAVI (D. 1209)
Safavid Iran, late 16th century
Persian text on paper, 416 pages, with 1 flyleaf and 1 endpaper; 17 lines to the page, written in black nasta'liq script with red titles, arranged in four columns, the inner margins ruled with a triple fillet; finely illuminated with six single-page unwan frontispieces featuring gilded and cobalt-blue panels with polychrome arabesques and upward-pointing darts; light-brown leather Western binding.
30.5 x 21.2cm
The Iskandarnameh (The Book of Alexander) is the final epic masterpiece of the Khamsa (Quintet) written by the legendary 12th-century Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi, who lived and wrote in Ganja (modern-day Azerbaijan).
Provenance:
The collection of Georges Antaki
Estimate
Time, Location
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