Diwan by Hafiz

Diwan by Hafiz

Iran, 17th century

Manuscript of Persian poetry, 13 to 15 lines of text, in nasta'aliq per page, in black ink, with a few words in red, in two columns, sometimes at an angle, framed with gilded fillets. Illuminated with four frontispieces in unwân, polychrome and gilded, decorated with floral scrolls on a blue background and surmounted by an arcature, giving the titles of each chapter in white letters inscribed in medallions on a blue background, and on a gilded background for the third. The first four folios give a description of the manuscript. The colophon gives the name of the former owner in an inverted, half-erased red triangle: "Ibn [...] Olia Beg Mahmoudi". Later green cloth flap binding. (Worn binding, old restorations, wetness, stains, former owners' buckets on some pages, comments on the margins of several pages). 22.9 x 15.5 cm Provenance : Jean-Charles Tauzin Collection (1889-1957) A Diwan of Hafiz, Iran, 17th century