22nd Jul, 2020 13:00

Islamic Art - From a European Private Collection

 
  Lot 120
 

VOLUMES III AND IV OF THE SIX BOOKS OF JALAL AL-DIN MUHAMMAD BALKHI RUMI'S MATHNAWI-YE MA’NAWI
Iran, late 18th - early 19th century

VOLUMES III AND IV OF THE SIX BOOKS OF JALAL AL-DIN MUHAMMAD BALKHI RUMI'S MATHNAWI-YE MA’NAWI
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTOR
Iran, late 18th - early 19th century

Two volumes of Persian manuscripts on paper, one volume 98ff. and 1 fly-leaf, the latter 128ff., each folio with 21ll., in black nasta’liq script, chapter headings in red, divided in two columns, catchwords, in gold and black rules, with marginal notes and introductions, in modern black board binding, the text panel 17cm x 6.9cm, the folio 23.9cm x 12.7cm.


 

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