Illuminated Manuscript, Collection of poems (divan), Doublure, Upper board inside, This is an illuminated and illustrated Safavid copy of the first collection of poetry (Dīvān-i avval or Fātiḥat al-shabāb) by Nūr al-Dīn Jāmī (d. 898 AH / 1492 CE). According to the colophon, is was copied by the illustrious Safavid calligrapher Shāh Maḥmūd Nīshāpūrī (d. 972 AH / 1564-5 CE). The codex opens with a double-page illustrated frontispiece, which is followed by a double-page illuminated incipit. There are ten additional paintings that appear to date later than the text itself

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