{"title":"Traditional Book Arts: Tazhib, Tasweer \u0026 Calligraphy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003eIllumination, miniature painting and calligraphy from Persia and the wider Islamic world, selected by Near East \u0026amp; Islamic specialist Roxana Kashani.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/Tazhib_Tasweer_Calligraphy.pdf?v=1792599133\" title=\"Traditional Book Arts Catalogue\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCatalogue PDF\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shapero.com\/blogs\/news\/traditional-book-arts-private-view\" title=\"Private View for Traditional Books Arts\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eExhibition\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"safavid-album-prince-maiden-105399","title":"Prince and Maiden seated with armed attendants in waiting,","description":"An attractive and decorative album leaf with a miniature painting from the early Safavid period with Turkic influences shown in the faces and robes of the figures depicted.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSingle leaf from a Safavid album, illuminated miniature on paper, miniature 128 x 90 mm (total leaf 280 x 175 mm); image depicting a young Prince in discourse with a female figure, two attendants flanking either side of the image in attendance, image mounted onto card framed with gilt drawings of birds and spiralling vines, reverse mounted with blank paper; some light discolouration and fading, a little rubbed.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"[MINIATURE PAINTING].","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45957838962993,"sku":"105399","price":3000.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/105399_6d57e5b5-d7c6-4027-9d36-7fcd76b9e01e.jpg?v=1791752387"},{"product_id":"timurid-manuscript-illustration-shirin-farhad-105400","title":"Shirin and Farhad at Mount Bistun,","description":"An early miniature painting from one of Nizami Ganjavi's most loved tragic romances in poetic form, \u003cem\u003eShirin o Farhad\u003c\/em\u003e, also known as \u003cem\u003eKhosrow o Shirin\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSingle leaf, illuminated manuscript on fine polished paper, single illuminated miniature depicting Shirin mounted on a horse with Farhad at Mount Bistun, 192 x 125 mm; from a manuscript with text in 4 columns of black nasta'liq, illustration in gouache and gold with traces of later additions to paint, lightly rubbed and chips to ink along old crease marks, overall bright and attractive condition; tipped-onto card and presented in modern card mount.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"NIZAMI GANJAVI.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45957839913265,"sku":"105400","price":5000.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/105400_b39aa751-e9c3-4bf0-90ca-11d572b0d4a6.jpg?v=1791752436"},{"product_id":"ahmed-karahisari-manuscript-qajar-180-110732","title":"The Names of Allah,","description":"Ahmed Karahisari was one of the great Ottoman calligraphers of the sixteenth century, whose naskh style was reminiscent of the Abbasid master scribe Yaqut al-Musta'simi. He worked by royal appointment under the patronage of Sultan Suleyman I in his lifetime and his surviving manuscripts are housed in important Ottoman collections such as the Topkapi Palace and the Topkapi Museum. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe legacy of master calligraphers extends beyond the work produced during their lifetime but also in the inspiration that survives in their name for centuries after their death, the present manuscript is an homage to Karahisari and one such example. It is an early 19th-century Qajar replica of a 16th-century Ottoman manuscript by Karahisari and signed in their name. The binding and illumination indicate a place of production likely in Tabriz, where there is a stronger influence of Ottoman art than in the Eastern regions of the Persian empire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSingle volume, illuminated manuscript on polished paper, in Arabic, containing the holy names of Allah, 8 leaves with two front free endpapers at each end, complete, 205 x 125mm; single \u0026amp; double columns, usually 5 lines elegant scribal naskh script in blue, text in panels often forming geometric shapes, illuminated unwan opening the text, marbled endpapers, a few early ownership seals to preliminary and penultimate leaves, a few small stains overall clean internal condition; contemporary lacquered boards with a red leather spine. 205 x 125mm (8 x 5 inches).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"[ISLAMIC MANUSCRIPT].","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47861124268337,"sku":"110732","price":5000.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/110732_eca79fc6-6174-42b6-a9ad-c65f4d6b8cfa.jpg?v=1791895907"},{"product_id":"khwaju-kermani-divan-qajar-manuscript-112444","title":"Qazaliyaat,","description":"Khwaju Kermani (d. 1349 AD) was a Persian Sufi mystic and poet. He is best known for \u003cem\u003eHomay o Homayoun\u003c\/em\u003e, the tale of the Persian Prince Homay who falls in love with the Chinese Princess Homayoun. The works of Kermani are still popular in Iran and the site of his tomb Shiraz remains a tourist destination for his many followers. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis manuscript was copied in Qajar Persia, possibly Shiraz, and is a lovely example of shekasteh script from the early nineteenth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSingle volume, illuminated manuscript on paper, in Farsi, 196 leaves, complete, 150 x 95 mm; double-column, 15 lines elegant black shekasteh script, text-blocks and columns ruled in gilt, opening of text with elaborately decorated polychrome head-piece, interlinear colouring of gold to final leaf, final gathering becoming loose, some slight finger soiling else clean and attractive condition; contemporary dark brown morocco, central cartouches cut-out and hand-painted, covers ruled in gilt, later paper label to spine, a little rubbed.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"KHWAJU KERMANI.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55909553799543,"sku":"112444","price":10000.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/112444_1ba64eb3-d23c-45f1-abe3-b5b3a6f9dcba.jpg?v=1791544059"},{"product_id":"gazurghai-abudllah-ansari-abu-ahmad-112454","title":"Abdullah Ansari with Abu Ahmad,","description":"Kamal al-Din Gazurghai (b. circa 1470) was a Persian dignitary and poet of the late 15th century and early 16th century. The \u003cem\u003eMajalis al-Ushaq\u003c\/em\u003e is a biographical account of over 70 notable Sufis, poets and members of the Turkic elite and is considered his best known work, completed around 1503 AD. The present painting portrays the meeting of 'Abdullah Ansari and Abu Ahmad' and is evidently from a fine early Safavid copy of the text, likely produced in Shiraz around 1570.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSingle dispersed folio from an illuminated manuscript, with one illuminated miniature, text in Farsi, miniature 155 x 122 mm, total leaf (trimmed) 190 x 150 mm; text-block to upper left-hand edge of painting containing 5 lines of elegant black nasta'liq, on gold-sprinkled paper, ruled in gilt, some light surface-soiling, a little faded with some small chips to paint, evidence of oxidisation from gilt frame to reverse; tipped-onto green decorated cloth, framed and glazed.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"GAZURGHAI, Kamal al-Din.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55909553865079,"sku":"112454","price":6000.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/112454_21ba1b9b-35a6-4e78-9cc6-6cf704813790.jpg?v=1791752082"},{"product_id":"nizami-khamsa-safavid-manuscript-br-114248","title":"Khamsa,","description":"This manuscript consists of the five books of Nizami, arranged as follows: Makhzan al-Asrar (Treasure-chamber of Mysteries), Khosrow va Shirin, Layla va Majnun, Iskandar Nameh (The Book of Alexander) and Haft Peykar (Seven Portraits). There are two colophons present, the first at the end of Iskandar Nameh provides a date of the 1st Ramadan 1008 (17th March 1600) and is signed Ghayam al-Din, while the second is found at the end of the Haft Peykar with a completion date of the 12th Dhu'l Qu'da 1008 (3rd September 1600) and is signed by the same scribe. These variations give us an insight into the time it would take a professional scribe to complete a manuscript of this scale (6 months for one of the five books alone). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe illustrations in this manuscript are bright and attractive but evidently in a much later hand than the body of the text. It is likely that there were spaces left for miniatures when the text was copied but these were never completed by a contemporary workshop and thus finished centuries later - likely in Iran. The illustrations present depict these scenes: (1) Shirin is shown Khosrow's portrait and falls in love; (2) The meeting of Khosrow and Shirin; (3) The suicide of Farhad; (4) Layla at School; (5) Layla and Majnun; (6) Iskandar comforts the dying Dara; (7) Iskandar meets the Wise Men; (8) Bahram Wins the Crown; (9) Monarch Parading a captured prisoner (image not obviously related to adjoining leaves).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSingle volume, illuminated manuscript on paper, in Farsi, 228 leaves, 280 x 185 mm; 4 columns, 25 lines black nasta'liq, important sections in gold, 5 illuminated head-pieces decorated in polychrome text-blocks ruled in gilt and polychrome, catch-words, 9 illustrations in the text executed in a 20th-century hand, first and final pages remargined, a few smudges in the text, a few early seal impressions to opening of sections and preliminary and penultimate leaves, including one belonging to 'Abd al-Baqi ibn Muhsin'; later papier-mâché boards, boards repaired and sections along creases repaired on both boards, extremities rubbed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"NIZAMI, Jamal al-Din.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55909554848119,"sku":"114248","price":12500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/114248_1cd82dc7-17ba-4faf-8f37-3ec29054d9e7.jpg?v=1791752306"},{"product_id":"kashmir-mirah-nameh-mir-haydar-117000","title":"A composite text containing excerpts from the Miraj Nameh,","description":"This is a very attractively illuminated manuscript containing verses and excerpts from the \u003cem\u003eMiraj Nameh\u003c\/em\u003e (by Mir Haydar) along with other texts relaying Islamic stories about the Prophet and other Imams, possibly including the \u003cem\u003eKhavaran Nameh\u003c\/em\u003e. There are many sections of the text relating to Imam Ali (AS), a notable theme drawn from the \u003cem\u003eKhavaran Name\u003c\/em\u003e by Ibn Hossam Khosefi, which is an epic account of the life of the commander of the faithful Imam Ali (AS), while also drawing on the themes from the \u003cem\u003eMiraj Nameh\u003c\/em\u003e which tells of the miraculous 'isra' and 'miraj' of the night journey of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Both these texts are rare, and an adaptation of them in verse is equally unusual.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis manuscript is extensively decorated throughout with colourful banners between the columns of text, the opening marginal designs are exquisitely intricate, and there are also 20 illuminated miniatures in the text. These miniatures frequently depicting either Imams of the Prophet, including a heavenly scene, many including angels, battles and meetings of dignitaries. 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Furthermore, the contemporary borders show delicately painted arabesques in gilt and the roundels marking the verses are of varying designs and styles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThree single folios from a calligraphic album, illuminated manuscripts on paper, in Arabic, containing Hadiths of the Prophet, each page 235 x 165 mm; each leaf consisting of one line written in larger thuluth script in black ink, above a panel containing 4 lines of text written in smaller naskh script on a pink ground, this panel flanked by gold-sprinkled panels, outer borders with bold stylised foliate motifs outlined in gold on a buff ground, reverse with green paper backing, edges in dark brown, light surface rubbing, a few smudges; all floated in modern cream card mounts.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"[CALLIGRAPHY].","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56993413595511,"sku":"118360","price":2500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/118360_f3edab72-d83e-47ff-9fb4-717d97eb30c8.jpg?v=1791542579"},{"product_id":"miniature-nastaliq-composite-panel-108953","title":"A Composite Panel,","description":"An unusual triptych composition, formed of two early calligraphic panels to the right, placed above one small illustration of a youth (horizontally placed), one miniature painting of Layla visiting Majnun in the wilderness from c. 1820, and then a printed reproduction of verses in nasta'liq to the left.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSingle large board, composite panel comprising two sections of nasta'liq calligraphy and an illuminated miniature, total 330 x 200mm; opaque pigments on paper heightened with gilt, bordered with calligraphic panels in nasta'liq, the Fatiha to the left attributed on reverse to Mir Imad, and a couplet by Ahmad al-Husayni to the right, laid on gold sprinkled ground, bright and attractive condition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"[PERSIAN MINIATURE PAINTING]. 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The prayers are usually divided into seven sections to facilitate the reading of one section a day over the course of a week, and often include the one hundred names of Allah as well as illustrations of the holy sites of Mecca and Medina (both present in this copy). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAl-Jazuli was born in the Sous area of Morocco and compiled this \u003cem\u003eDala'il al-Khayrat\u003c\/em\u003e, his best known work, in Fez after spending almost forty years travelling to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem. He is one of the Seven Muslim Saints of Marrakech, and is buried in a mausoleum in the city. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis copy of the \u003cem\u003eDala'il al-Khayrat\u003c\/em\u003e includes an introduction to the text in Ottoman Turkish and then opens with the names of Allah before the main body of text commences, followed by the names of The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) which are very delicately displayed within geometric cartouches featuring the blessing \"Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam\u003cem\u003e\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003ein miniature around the names, reinforcing the sacred nature of the text. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe colophon of this manuscript is penned in tawqi' script and reads: 'Kataba-hu al-Haqīr al-faqīr al-mutaraf... bi-Kātib-zād al-Kushani' indicating that the manuscript was copied by the son of the famous scribe al-Kushani. Unfortunately no date is ascribed, however the style of decoration and manuscript production are in keeping with manuscripts from the Ottoman Levant in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSingle volume, illuminated manuscript on fibrous polished laid paper, in Arabic, complete, 137 by 110 mm; single column, 11 lines black naskh, two full-page illustrations of Mecca and Medina, 4 illuminated polychrome headings and many decorated banners in the text, some sections of gilt illumination with intricate pointillé details, catch-words throughout, internally very clean and crisp condition; contemporary Ottoman gilt and tooled morocco with flap, covers ruled and hand-painted in gold with lattice pattern, edges lightly rubbed, overall a very handsome volume.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"AL-JAZULI, Muhammad ibn Suleyman.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57249022050679,"sku":"123398","price":15000.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/123398_54d0949e-9fa5-48bf-b642-3eaca0276b63.jpg?v=1791542916"},{"product_id":"quran-qajar-manuscript-120834","title":"A Fine Illuminated Qur'an.","description":"This is a charming and beautifully illuminated pocket-sized Qajar Qur'an. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLikely produced during the reign of Fath'Ali Shah Qajar, this Qur'an has illuminated double-page openings preceding the text, which have remained blank, and which would have likely been kept for the inclusion of a fihrist and dedication but never completed. Despite the lack of scribal attribution, the hand is a steady and competent example of small-scale naskh: a style of calligraphy executed in Qur'ans that are small in size.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSingle volume, illuminated manuscript on paper, in Arabic, complete, 218 leaves, 143 x 90mm; single volume, 17 lines delicate black naskh, surahs in red thuluth, verses marked with gilt dots, catch-words, opening and closing double-page openings with gilt polychrome head-pieces and borders, double-page of gilt \u0026amp; white checkered patterned table and additional double-page opening of gilt medallion carpet-pages preceding the first text-page (possibly to include a fihrist and dedication to the manuscript that were never completed), text-leaves ruled in gilt and blue, important divisions of the noted in the margins in red and sometimes black, a few small closed nicks and tears to margins, some light finger-soiling and rubbing in places; housed in contemporary lacquered boards, covers with decorative floral displayed framed within gilt decorated borders, corners rubbed and worn, spine skillfully repaired.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"[QUR'AN].","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57285439586679,"sku":"120834","price":10000.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/120834_833b0636-0ee2-41da-b3cc-710bc27d3ea9.jpg?v=1791546745"},{"product_id":"miniature-quran-qajar-persia-1815-105550","title":"A Fine Miniature Qur'an,","description":"An exquisite miniature Qur'an form the early Qajar period. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe copyist Abdullah Ibn Ashoub al-Ranani was a royal scribe in the Court of Fath 'Ali Shah Qajar (r.1797-1834). 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The panel is signed by Mir 'Ali al-Katib (d.1544-45 AD), who is often mentioned by Safavid sources as amongst the most important nasta'liq calligraphers of all time. Various authorities attribute the codifying of the aesthetic rules of nasta'liq script to him. Born in Herat circa 1476 AD, he was later taken to Bukhara by the Shaybanid ruler 'Ubaydullah Khan after his capture of Herat in 1528-29 AD (Bayani, 1346 sh. p.494). His recorded works are dated between 914 AH (1508-09 AD) and 951 AH (1544-45 AD). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe quatrains of this spare yet elegant panel are penned in an elegant diagonal nasta'liq\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eacross the leaf in ruled diamond-form sections with gold-leafed corners, with ruled couplets appearing between each quatrain. The subtle yet marked illumination of the buff-coloured paper with gold creates a pleasing effect wherein the page is suffused with a soft and glimmering light. 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