TWO PERSIAN MANUSCRIPTS BY SA'ADI (D.1292 AD): 1) KULLIYAT, COPIED BY ‘ALA’ AL-DIN IBN MURSHID IBN BAYAZID JAHROMI DAYLAMI, PERSIA, SAFAVID, 16TH/17TH CENTURY; 2) GULISTAN, COPIED BY ‘ABD AL-WAHHAB, PERSIA, SAFAVID, DATED 970 AH/1563 AD |

1) Persian manuscript on paper, 295 leaves plus 5 fly-leaves, 17 lines to the page written in nasta’liq in black ink within 4 columns, section titles in red, 5 gold and polychrome titles within cartouches, ruled in gold and blue, double page illuminated frontispiece decorated with gold and polychrome interlacing split palmettes, the text against a gold ground within clouds, incomplete, later brown and green morocco binding.
2) Persian manuscript on pink or orange thick paper, 195 leaves plus 5 fly-leaves, 9 lines to the page written in nasta’liq in black, the margins with oblique nasta’liq, important words in silver, ruled in gold, double page illuminated frontispiece decorated with gold and polychrome interlacing scrolls and split palmettes, modern brown morocco binding with gilt-stamped decoration, with flap

Kulliyyat :in good condition, the margins are clean with only minor restoration to the paper, minor water stains through but the txt legible and clean, the opening page has been restored and consolidated, minor losses and rubbing but maintaining the vibrant gold, parts of the muzhekat have been taken out, as viewed. Gulistan: in generally good condition, the margins are clean but the folios have been affected by water and various stains, some pages have been restored and the manuscript rebound, the opening with losses and smudges, as viewed.
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