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Dīvān - Persian manuscript - Public domain illuminated manuscript

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Dīvān - Persian manuscript - Public domain illuminated manuscript

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Poems of Ḥāfiẓ.
Manuscript.
Persian.
Title and author from colophon.
Written by Munʻim al-Dīn al-Awḥadī al-Ḥusaynī.
Iran.
Paper; buff color laid paper with no visible chain-lines or watermarks; elaborately illuminated bifolium in gold, blue and red; text in two columns surrounded by gold and blue border; black ink, section titles in blue ink; catchwords on rectos.
Nastaʻliq; 15 lines in written area 15 x 7.5 cm.
Folios 1b-162a.
Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M 25.
Binding repaired in late 19th century (?) in dark brown leather original binding on front and back covers incorporated; three embossed medallions, embossed Qurʼanic verses around the edges.
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.

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Date

01/01/1517
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washington dc
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Public Domain

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