'Abd al-Rahman Jami (d.1492), Haft Awrang, Persia, circa 1500

Persian manuscript on paper, 171 leaves, plus 2 flyleaves, 21 lines to the page within 4 columns written in nasta’liq script in black ink, incomplete, headings in blue, gold, red or bordeaux, 8 miniatures, 4 illuminated headpieces in Kufic script in white ink within a gold cartouche on a blue foliated ground, in later black morocco binding

Ex-collection H. Kevorkian.

Heavy smudges stains due to an exposure to humidity, several leaves affected by cuts, trims and tears, most notably: f.73 with a missing corner, f.74 and 80 with tears, f.81 and 86 with several losses to the margins, f.137 and f.139 with losses text as well, f.138 with only very minor text surviving and f.153 with a trim; heavily water stained and other various stains throughout, the headings and paintings discoloured and with considerable losses, as viewed.
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The present manuscript contains eight miniatures, as listed below.

f.10b: A young lover who when before her beloved, his attention is diverted to something else, from Tuhfat al-ahrar.
f.43a: Shaykh Ruzbihan listening to an old woman advising a young girl, from Tuhfat al-ahrar.
f.89a: Two lovers decide to drown themselves rather than separate on earth, from the Subhat al-abrar.
f.102a: Moses watches a blind man being wrongly murdered, from the Subhat al-abrar.
f.120a: The foster-mother notices the change in Zulaykha, from Yusuf wa Zulaykha.
f.132a: Zulaykha appears as a beggar before Yusuf, from Yusuf wa Zulaykha.
f.156a: Majnun meets Layla, from the Layla wa Majnun.
f.168a: An old man finds a crying man, from the Kherad-nameh.