Penned by the illustrious 16th century-Safavid calligrapher Shāh Maḥmūd Nīshāpūrī, this copy of the first collection of poetry (Dīvān-i avval or Fātiḥat al-shabāb) by Nūr al-Dīn Jāmī (d. 898 AH / 1492 CE) was probably illustrated in the 11th century AH / 17th CE. It opens with a double-page miniature acting as a frontispiece, and is followed by an elegant double-page decorated frontispiece. It contains 10 other illustrations at various points in the text. The whole in bound in lacquer covers decorated with hunting scenes. To explore fully digitized manuscripts with a virtual page-turning application, please visit Walters Ex Libris.
