Gulistān - Persian manuscript - Public domain illuminated manuscript

Fragmentary , highly decorated and illuminated copy of Saʻdī's Gulistān
Manuscript.
Persian
Title from container.
Scribe not identified.
Probably written in Central Asia.
Paper; heavy cream color laid paper laid horizontally with no visible chain lines or watermarks; text within elaborate ruled border of blue, gold, red, wide gold band with floral designs, red and black; elaborate unwan on fol.1b-2a in gold, blue red and black; margins of all pages completely decorated with floral design in gold; margins many pages are highlighed in various colors such as yellow, red, blue, green, etc. a few fol. have small paintings of 2 persons seated and talking with each other; text in black ink with rubrication and highlights in blue.
Nastaʻliq; 9 lines in written area 12.5 x 7 cm.
Some paintings of two seated persons speaking with eachother.
Fol. 1b-61b incomplete and not insequence.
Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M79.
Text disbound and pages entirely separated; original binding is brown leather with embossed gold medallions and border on sides and flap; envelope binding; lacking spine; binding in preservation box with manuscript.
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.