

The manuscript in question and other illuminated Judeo-Persian manuscripts clearly testify to their owners and patrons' awareness of long-established Persian artistic tradition and cultural conventions, representing Jewish–Persian encounter in text and image. Over the years these renowned poetical works were largely transliterated into Judeo-Persian and copies of the texts can be found in various public and private collections. Find a huge variety of new & used Illumination of books and manuscripts Iranian books online including bestsellers & rare titles at the best prices. Nizāmī's poetry, in addition to other works of Persian classical masters, was regarded by the Jews of Iran as an integral part of their literary and cultural heritage. Persian Illuminated Manuscripts Posted on FebruThe HIAA listserv has been abuzz with people seeking images of miniatures for the study of the Shahnameh and Persian MSS in general. Khosrow and Shīrīn (composed 1175/6–1191) is the second book in the Quinary and recounts the tragic love story of the Sasanian king Khosrow II Parviz and the Armenian princess Shīrīn. 1209) is one of the most famous medieval Persian love stories and one of the most admired poetical works ever written in the Persian language.

Black ink with rubricated titles, written in a thin and very cursive Indian nastaliq style tending already to perform the 'shorthand' writing infractions of the shekasteh ('broken') variety. This is a brief presentation of the mid-seventeenth-century illuminated Judeo-Persian copy of Nizāmī's Khosrow and Shīrīn from the collection of the Museum for Islamic Art in Jerusalem. 31 ff., written on both sides, 11 lines per extensum. Bid now on Invaluable: Three Persian Illuminated Manuscript Pages from Nye & Company on Septem10:00 AM EDT.
