EARLY COPY OF POEMS (DIWAN) BY THE OTTOMAN COURT POET MESIHI (D. 1512)
TURKEY, 16TH CENTURY
Auction: 13 May 2020 at 11:00 BST
£1,875
Description
Ottoman manuscript on paper, written with a very fine nib in black nasta’liq, 79 leaves with eight lines arranged in two columns within a gold border, outer blue rule, frontispiece (or opening folio) with illuminated header, modern binding
Dimensions
19.5cm x 12.5 cm
Footnote
Note: Born in Prishtina, Mesihi was one of the leading figures of classical Ottoman poetry. He served the court of Sultan Bayazid II (r. 1481-1512). He was a celebrated calligrapher and particularly famed for his mastery of nasta’liq script.