A double-page loose folio of poetry with illuminated borders, possibly Ottoman Turkey or Provinces, 17th - 18th century. Turkish manuscript on paper, 10ll. of crisp black ink nasta’liq script to each page, headings in white ink against illuminated gold bands, the text in two columns, in gold, red, white, and green rules, the margins finely illuminated in gold with a floral field alive with beasts, reminiscent in style and design of Safavid muraqqa' borders, the text panel 12cm x 7cm, the folio 22.3cm x 13.2cm.