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Persian Manuscript: 'Masnavi i Ma'navi of Jalul ud-Din al-Rumi' Persian Manuscript: 'Masnavi i Ma'navi of Jalul ud-Din al-Rumi'
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Persian Manuscript: 'Masnavi i Ma'navi of Jalul ud-Din al-Rumi'

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Art Funded
1912
Presented by
Henry Van den Bergh through The Art Fund
An illuminated and illustrated copy of this influential mystic poem.

This is probably the earliest copy of the complete poem and the oldest illustrated Persian book in Europe.

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