A PERSIAN MANUSCRIPT, MATHNAWI JALAL AL-DIN MUHAMMAD RUMI(D....

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£50,000 - £60,000

A PERSIAN MANUSCRIPT, MATHNAWI JALAL AL-DIN MUHAMMAD RUMI(D.1273),
COPIED BY MUHAMMAD IBN ABRAHAM AL-BALYANI, TIMURID, PERSIA, DATED DHU’L- QA’DAH 891AH/NOVEMBER 1486AD Persian manuscript on paper, 386 leaves, plus 3 fly-leaves, 19 lines to the page written in nasta'liq in black ink arranged in 4 columns, headings in gold, blue and red, ruled in gold, blue and black, opening bifolio with 15 lines of gold naskh in clouds reserved against a hatched ground framed by gold and polychrome illumination, the following bifolio with double-page illuminated frontispiece, 6 illuminated headpieces throughout the text, the first and second books each followed by a colophon, in Ottoman 18th century floral lacquer binding, red lacquer doublures
28 by 17.6cm.