Beschreibung:

FOUR CALLIGRAPHIC ALBUM LEAVES TIMURID AND SAFAVID IRAN, 15TH CENTURY AND LATER Comprising four folios, the first recto with 18ll. of black horizontal naskh signed ‘Abdullah, two sections written on the diagonal in slight variations of the script, verso from a small Timurid manuscript with small neat lines of black nasta’liq written on the diagonal between larger lines in gold and blue; recto of the second similar, the verso with a Timurid calligraphy with two large lines of thuluth framing two smaller lines of naskh all in clouds reserved against gold ground; recto of the third a manuscript page in black nasta’liq with 12ll. arranged in one or two columns, large lines of similar nasta’liq above and below, in pink margins with gold floral illumination, verso with a folio from a different manuscript with 12ll. of black and red nasta’liq , small panels of illumination dividing two columns, within gold-illuminated pink and blue borders on cream margins with gold illumination; recto of the fourth folio with a single line of thuluth above a line of naskh , in pink, blue and blue margins, the verso on blue paper with two strong lines of black thuluth flanking two smaller lines of naskh , 6ll. of flowing naskh below signed Muhammad al-Bukhari and dated Jumada I AH 955/June-July 1548 AD, the text an abstract of the wisdom ( hikmat ) of Plato and Alexander, laid down between pink margins with gold floral lattice Folios 11 3/8 x 6 7/8in. (29 x 17.6cm.)