A GROUP OF ILLUMINATED FOLIOS AND PAINTINGS FROM THE KHAMSA OF NIZAMI
THE PAINTINGS ATTRIBUTABLE TO MUHAMMAD QASIM, THE CALLIGRAPHY SIGNED 'ABD AL-JABBAR ISFAHANI, SAFAVID IRAN, DATED DHU'L HIJJA AH 1017/MARCH-APRIL 1609 AD
A GROUP OF ILLUMINATED FOLIOS AND PAINTINGS FROM THE KHAMSA OF NIZAMI THE PAINTINGS ATTRIBUTABLE TO MUHAMMAD QASIM, THE CALLIGRAPHY SIGNED 'ABD AL-JABBAR ISFAHANI, SAFAVID IRAN, DATED DHU'L HIJJA AH 1017/MARCH-APRIL 1609 AD Persian manuscript on paper, 21ff. each with 19ll. of black nasta'liq arranged in four columns with double gold intercolumnar rules, text panels within polychrome rules on ivory margins with red, black and gold outer rules, catchwords, headings in gold on gold and polychrome cartouches, 5ff. with fully illuminated gold and polychrome headpieces surmounting 13ll. of text in clouds reserved against gold ground, the margins with floral illumination, one further folio with marginal illumination surrounding similar text in clouds, three colophon pages, one bearing the date and a later owner's seal, the paintings in opaque pigments heightened with gold and silver depicting various scenes from the story, each with lines of similar nasta'liq in columns above and below, some scuffing and minor areas of staining Text panel 8 x 5 1/8in. (20.2 x 12.1cm.); folio 11¼ x 7¾in. (29 x 20cm.)
A GROUP OF ILLUMINATED FOLIOS AND PAINTINGS FROM THE KHAMSA OF NIZAMI
THE PAINTINGS ATTRIBUTABLE TO MUHAMMAD QASIM, THE CALLIGRAPHY SIGNED 'ABD AL-JABBAR ISFAHANI, SAFAVID IRAN, DATED DHU'L HIJJA AH 1017/MARCH-APRIL 1609 AD
A GROUP OF ILLUMINATED FOLIOS AND PAINTINGS FROM THE KHAMSA OF NIZAMI THE PAINTINGS ATTRIBUTABLE TO MUHAMMAD QASIM, THE CALLIGRAPHY SIGNED 'ABD AL-JABBAR ISFAHANI, SAFAVID IRAN, DATED DHU'L HIJJA AH 1017/MARCH-APRIL 1609 AD Persian manuscript on paper, 21ff. each with 19ll. of black nasta'liq arranged in four columns with double gold intercolumnar rules, text panels within polychrome rules on ivory margins with red, black and gold outer rules, catchwords, headings in gold on gold and polychrome cartouches, 5ff. with fully illuminated gold and polychrome headpieces surmounting 13ll. of text in clouds reserved against gold ground, the margins with floral illumination, one further folio with marginal illumination surrounding similar text in clouds, three colophon pages, one bearing the date and a later owner's seal, the paintings in opaque pigments heightened with gold and silver depicting various scenes from the story, each with lines of similar nasta'liq in columns above and below, some scuffing and minor areas of staining Text panel 8 x 5 1/8in. (20.2 x 12.1cm.); folio 11¼ x 7¾in. (29 x 20cm.)
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