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LOT 0327
Persian Religious Manuscript Gifted on Behalf of Judge Qazi Mohammad
17TH CENTURY A.D.
9 1/4 x 6 7/8 in. (821 grams, 23.4 x 17.5 cm).
Bound paper manuscript with text in Farsi script, the pages with applied stiff paper edges and binding; mainly set out in three blue-ink ruled columns with text in black ink and headings in red, or as a larger block spanning all three columns with text in a more expansive hand; some marginal notations, numerals, etc.; library binding with olive-green leather covers, decorative tooling and stamped arabesque ornament picked out in red-brown, red spine; the text with inter alia references to Moses, Mount Sinai, Mullana Rummy and Abu Ali Sina; some pages stamped with the matrix of the person who donated this manuscript to a religious centre. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Private Norfolk collection, early 2000s.
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LOT 0327
Persian Religious Manuscript Gifted on Behalf of Judge Qazi Mohammad
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
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