Meeting of two manuscripts, religious work, Iran or India 17 - Lot 294

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Meeting of two manuscripts, religious work, Iran or India 17 - Lot 294
Meeting of two manuscripts, religious work, Iran or India 17th century, and collection of poems Neyrang-e 'ishq, Iran 19th century. Calligraphic and illuminated manuscripts on paper. The first one, a religious manuscript probably from Iran or India, 17th century, with 11 lines per page on salmon paper in Arabic and Persian nasta'liq in black ink, some terms and characters in red or blue ink, some lines in cartouches. Manuscript opened by two double-pages illuminated with gold and polychrome, the text in false reserve on a semis of flowers and surmounted by a frontispiece sarlowh topped by a mantling. Beside, stamped with an owner's stamp of the name Iqbal al-Dawla; the second, a copy of Neyrang-e 'ishq (a collection of mystical poems centered on the theme of love) by Muhammad Akram Punjabi (d. 1695), Iran, 19th century. Manuscript mainly on white paper, the last pages on pinkish paper, 17 lines per page divided into two columns, in Persian and a few lines of Arabic, in nasta'liq calligraphy in black ink, a few lines and marginal comments in red ink. Manuscript opened with a double page illuminated in gold and polychrome, the text in reserve on a gold background, under a frontispiece in sarlowh with a lambrequin decoration furnished with scrolls. At the end of the manuscript, a triangular colophon signed Mullah Akram 'Araf Salim and dated Sunday the 22nd of the month of Safar in the year 6 [?] Several stamps of owners stamped on the first page. Bound in European half-chagrin, spine and corners in garnet morocco, one board covered with textile painted with floral scrolls. We thank Camille Grandpierre for his help in reading the Persian. Dim. binding : 21,4 x 13,5 cm Wormholes, stains, wetness, heavily restored, remarged, texts gathered in a European binding.
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