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Nizami. Khamsa, Illustrated and Illuminated Folios, Signed by Pir Hossein, Timurid, Persia, Dated Dhu'l Hijja A.H. 906/ A.D. 1500
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10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Description
- Signed by Pir Hossein
illuminated double page frontispiece, 5 chapter headings, 10 miniatures, the colophon, 1 double page with later illuminated devices, all mounted, gouache heightened with gold on paper, frontispiece with 7 couplets against a gold ground, scrolling foliate motif in colours and gold against a blue ground, headings in white thuluth against a gold ground within lobed carouches, chapter headings similarly illuminated, 13-14 lines of fine nasta'liq text in 4 columns, double intercolumnar rules in gold, margins outlined in colours and gold, reverse with 19 lines of text; colophon with nasta'liq in alternating horizontal and diagonal panels interspersed with floral sprays in colours and gold, miniatures of gouache heightened with gold in varying sizes
Catalogue Note
The headings are as follows:
Makhzan al-Asrar
Khosrau wa Shirin
Leila wa Majnun
Haft Paykar
Iskandarnameh (Iqbalnameh and Sharafnameh)
The miniatures are as follows:
Iskandar impersonating his envoy
Leila and Majnun at school
Bahram in the white pavilion
Two physicians and their animosity
The old woman and Sultan Sanjar
Leila and Majnun fainting at each other's sight