Mirza Rafi' al-Din Muhammad Qazvini, known as al-Va'iz (d. AH 1089/AD 1678-89), Abvab al-Jinan, vol. I (of 8), an ethical work based on the Qur'an and the moral precepts of the Imams, copied by Aqa Ahmad, commissioned by Aqa Muhammad Masih, son of the...
Persian manuscript on polished paper, 258 leaves, 23 lines to the page written in fine naskhi script in black ink, significant words in red, inner margins ruled in black and gold, one double-page illuminated frontispiece, lacquer binding decorated with floral sprays
267 x 183 mm.
Provenance
Private UK collection.
The manuscript was copied by the order of a certain Aqa Muhammad Masih, son of the deceased Aqa Ashraf, by the son of Ahmad. Neither the patron nor the scribe has been identified.
Another copy of a section of the work is included in a compilation entitled Akhlaq-i Mansuri by Mir Ghiyas ud-Din Mansur, in the British Library. See C. Rieu, Catalogue of the Persian Manuscripts in the British Museum, vol. III, Oxford, first published 1883, photolithographic reprint 1966, p. 826, Add. 16,819,II.
A collection of poems (Divan) by Va'iz is in the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris. See F. Richard, Catalogue des Manuscrits Persans, Tome II: Le Supplement Persan, Rome 2013, SP 729, 810 (XLII).
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Persian manuscript on polished paper, 258 leaves, 23 lines to the page written in fine naskhi script in black ink, significant words in red, inner margins ruled in black and gold, one double-page illuminated frontispiece, lacquer binding decorated with floral sprays
267 x 183 mm.
Provenance
Private UK collection.
The manuscript was copied by the order of a certain Aqa Muhammad Masih, son of the deceased Aqa Ashraf, by the son of Ahmad. Neither the patron nor the scribe has been identified.
Another copy of a section of the work is included in a compilation entitled Akhlaq-i Mansuri by Mir Ghiyas ud-Din Mansur, in the British Library. See C. Rieu, Catalogue of the Persian Manuscripts in the British Museum, vol. III, Oxford, first published 1883, photolithographic reprint 1966, p. 826, Add. 16,819,II.
A collection of poems (Divan) by Va'iz is in the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris. See F. Richard, Catalogue des Manuscrits Persans, Tome II: Le Supplement Persan, Rome 2013, SP 729, 810 (XLII).
Important Notice to Buyers
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