NIZAMI (d.1209), KHAMSA, COPIED BY MAHMOUD IBN ISHAQ (ISAAC) AL-SHIHABI, PERSIA TIMURID, DATED 920 AH/1514 AD

Poetry. Persian manuscript on paper, 45 leaves plus two fly-leaves of different colors, each folio with 10 lines of black nastaliq script arranged in two columns between black-ruled gold intercolumnar divisions, text within black-ruled gold frame, eight finely illuminated headings in gold and polychrome, opening bifolio with extensive illumination in gold and polychrome, the margins sprinkled with gold, the final folio signed by Mahmoud Ibn Ishaq Al-Shihabi and dated 920 AH. In gilt black leather binding decorated with a central panel enclosing floral motifs.
Text panel: 7.5 by 14 cm.
Folio: 14 by 24 cm.