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A single manuscript page written in Persian nasta’liq script, dating back to the 18th Century from the Shahnameh, The Persian 'Book of Kings', written by the poet Firdowsi, which covers the Persian Kings from mythical times to the fall of the Sasanid Empire in the mid C7th. 

The page is plain text, divided into 4 columns of 25 lines of script in fine nasta'liq black ink, separated by a decorative floral column. A single decorative Chapter heading cuts across the central two columns, reducing these to 22 lines of script. The heading script is also nasta'liq in red within a gold (faded) cartouche. Blue floral decorations book end the header. The whole page is bordered by thick gold framing.  

The scripted page is in good condition with no evidence of worm holing and little dimming of the gold decoration.

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Firdowsi - Shahnameh Manuscript - 1760

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