Five Poems (Quintet) . English: Walters manuscript is an illuminated and illustrated Timurid copy of the Khamsah of Nizami Ganjavi (died 605 AH/AD 1209), completed in 886 AH/AD 1481. The text is written in black Nasta'liq script with chapter/section headings in red. Illuminated headings written in a foliated New Abbasid (broken cursive) style in white ink on a blue background with polychrome decoration introduce the poems of the Khamsah (fols. 26b, 97a, 146b, and 202b). (The beginning of Makhzan al-asrar is now missing). There are 60 illustrations. The reddish brown leather binding date
Five Poems (Quintet) . English: Walters manuscript is an illuminated and illustrated Timurid copy of the Khamsah of Nizami Ganjavi (died 605 AH/AD 1209), completed in 886 AH/AD 1481. The text is written in black Nasta'liq script with chapter/section headings in red. Illuminated headings written in a foliated New Abbasid (broken cursive) style in white ink on a blue background with polychrome decoration introduce the poems of the Khamsah (fols. 26b, 97a, 146b, and 202b). (The beginning of Makhzan al-asrar is now missing). There are 60 illustrations. The reddish brown leather binding dates to the 13th century AH/AD 19th. . 1481 AD (Hijri历885-886) (Timurid period (1370-1506)). Nezami Ganjavi (1141–1209) Alternative names Niẓām ad-Dīn Abū Muḥammad Ilyās ibn-Yūsuf ibn-Zakkī, Nizami Ganje'i, Niẓāmī, Nezāmi, فارسی: نظامی گنجوی Description Persian poet and writer Date of birth/death circa 1141 1209 Location of birth/death Ganja, today Azerbaijan Ganja Authority control : Q234908 VIAF: 2474895 ISNI: 0000 0001 2117 8439 LCCN: n80115655 NLA: 35688398 MusicBrainz: f0afc9b0-183d-4606-82d9-a4a38ec83a23 WorldCat 931 Nizami Ganjavi - Five Poems (Quintet) - Walters W604 - Top Exterior
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