Illuminated Manuscript,Collection of poems (divan), The right-side of a double-page rich decoration introducing the text of the Dīvān, Penned by the illustrious 16th century-Safavid calligrapher Shāh Maḥmūd Nīshāpūrī, this copy of the first collection of poetry (Dīvān-i avval or Fātiḥat al-shabāb) by Nūr al-Dīn Jāmī (d. 898 AH / 1492 CE) was probably illustrated in the 11th century AH / 17th CE. It opens with a double-page miniature acting as a frontispiece, and is followed by an elegant double-page decorated frontispiece. It contains 10 other illustrations at various points in the text

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