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Illuminated Manuscript of Poems by Jami, Original binding, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.641, Lower board inside

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The beginning of a book containing a selection of poems by the celebrated Nūr al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī (d.898/1492) penned in Herat (present-day Afghanistan) by Sulṭān ʿAlī in 899 AH / 1493-4 CE. Rectangular headpiece with the inscription in a decorated gold New Abbasid Style ('broken cursive') on deep-blue background reading: Allāh wa-lā siwāhu. To explore fully digitized manuscripts with a virtual page-turning application, please visit Walters Ex Libris.
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