Maulana Muhammad Ahli Shirazi, Kulliyat, Persian poetry, copied by Muhammad Qasim Shirazi, Safavid Persia, 16th Century
Persian manuscript on gold-sprinkled cream-coloured paper, 323 leaves, 20 lines to the page written horizontally and diagonally in one or two lines of elegant nasta'liq script in black ink, interlinear and intercolumnar rules in gold, inner margins ruled in blue and gold, illuminated headpieces in colours and gold, three double-pages of fine illumination in colours and gold, remargined throughout, short tears otherwise in good condition, later lacquer covers and filigree doublures, edges worn, with flap
303 x 200 mm.
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Persian manuscript on gold-sprinkled cream-coloured paper, 323 leaves, 20 lines to the page written horizontally and diagonally in one or two lines of elegant nasta'liq script in black ink, interlinear and intercolumnar rules in gold, inner margins ruled in blue and gold, illuminated headpieces in colours and gold, three double-pages of fine illumination in colours and gold, remargined throughout, short tears otherwise in good condition, later lacquer covers and filigree doublures, edges worn, with flap
303 x 200 mm.