Kanz al-Lughat. Manuscript Persian-Arabic Dictionary

by Persian-Arabic Dictionary, Muhammed bin Abdül’halık bin Maruf

$6,500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller · No longer available

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Written in nasta‘liq script in black ink, with principal words highlighted in red. 28 lines per page, text within double gilt rule borders. All pages on double-polished European watermarked paper. Artistic section headings are executed in red ink. The first two pages feature blue and gold ruling, with wide gold-polychrome floral borders. The headpiece is decorated in gold, blue, red, white, black, and green. 230 leaves. Complete. Signed and dated at end by Shirazi calligrapher Abd al-Jaffar

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