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JALAL AL-DIN MUHAMMAD RUMI (D. 1273 AD): MATHNAVI TIMURID IRAN OR AFGHANISTAN, DATED JUMADA I AND JUMADA II AH 857/JULY-AUGUST 1453 AD Poetry, Persian manuscript on paper, 367ff. as numbered plus four fly-leaves, each with 19ll. of small black naskh arranged in two columns with double intercolumnar rules, further text arranged diagonally in marginal frame within black, gold and blue rules, titles in red cursive, each folio with triangular illuminated panel, chapter headings with titles in gold kufic within finely illuminated cartouches, opening bifolio with author's introduction in black-outlined gold thuluth within blue and gold illuminated borders, following first bifolio of text with illuminated cartouches and borders in gold and polychrome, ownership inscriptions on first folio, final folio with verse counts per chapter, four chapter colophons with dates of Jumada I and Jumada II 857, in associated Timurid binding with fine découpé medallions with black arabesques on blue paper, with gilt highlights, gold-speckled pink paper doublures Text panel 5 7/8 x 3in. (15 x 7.6cm.); folio 7 ? x 4 1/8in. (19 x 10cm.)