Shanama - Book of Kings - c. 1550 - Persia

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Original manuscript leaf from an illuminated manuscript of the Shanama or Book of Kings - one of the most famous of all Persian manuscripts.  Paper is very fragile with old repairs on the back.(Text block: 250 x 138mm – 9 5/8 x 5 3/8’’) 

Persia, c. 1550.

Very fine calligraphy, in four columns of Persian Nastaliq script on polished paper, sprinkled with gold. Margins ruled in blue, orange, red and gold, with column bars in a floral motif on gold ground. Headings are in white script surrounded by flowers on a gold ground. (Ref: Soudaver, Art of the Persian Court).

Presented in an archival 16 x 12'' mat

                                                                                                                                                 

 

  • Inventory# IM-11775
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