

Lot 96
Nur-ad-Din ‘Abdul-Rahman Jami. Divan probably Ottoman Turkey, late 16th/ 17th Century
29 April 2004, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street£1,000 - £1,500
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probably Ottoman Turkey, late 16th/ 17th Century
probably Ottoman Turkey, late 16th/ 17th Century
Persian manuscript on paper, 245 leaves, 13-15 lines to the page written in two columns of elegant nasta’liq script in black ink, double intercolumnar and interlinear double rules in gold throughout, catchwords in wide margins, one illuminated headpiece in colours and gold, one illuminated headpiece in colours and gold, some worming restricted to inner and outer margins, red morocco, covers with stamped central medallions decorated with floral motifs on gold ground, outer borders tooled in blind and gold, slightly worn, rebacked, doublures of marbled paper
250 x 163 mm.
250 x 163 mm.