Kashmir School, 19th Century
An illustrated and illuminated manuscript of the Razmnama or Razm-nameh , The Book of Wars, the Persian prose translation of the Hindu epic, the Mahabharata , with eighteen paintings
manuscript on paper
+302%
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Sale Date
May 22, 2025 - May 23, 2025
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Arabic and Persian manuscript on paper, 540 leaves, 10 lines to the page written in naskhi script in black ink with diacritics and vowel points in black, interlinear Persian translation in small nasta'liq script in red, interlinear rules in gold, inner margins ruled in blue and gold, verse-endings marked by gold roundels, extensive commentaries written diagonally in nasta'liq and naskhi script in black and orange in wide outer margins throughout, sura headings written in riqa' script in blue or
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An illustrated and illuminated manuscript of the Razmnama or Razm-nameh , The Book of Wars, the Persian prose translation of the Hindu epic, the Mahabharata , with eighteen paintings - Kashmir School, 19th Century
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