AN ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT OF KHAJA ABDULLAH ANSARI'S PRAYERS
PROPERTY OF AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTOR
Iran, 19th century

Persian manuscript on paper, 19ff., plus 2 new fly-leaves, each folio with 10ll. of black shikasteh script, the opening folio finely illuminated in gold and polychromes, red dot markings between prayers, the text in burnished gold cloud bands, catchwords, in blue, gold, and red ruling and black outer rules, in soft calf binding, the text panel 14.5cm x 8cm, the folio 20cm x 12.8cm.