Two folios from a poetic compilation, probably Herat or Bukhara, 16th centuryPaper folios inscribed in Persian nasta'liq in black ink with 10 lines of verse in two columns separated by a floral band illuminated in gold and interspersed on each side with two illuminated cartouches titled in white letters on a gold background. Around, various margins: on the first, floral scrolls surrounded by a golden line on one side, the reverse side decorated with birds on flowering branches and qilins in reserve on a blue background; on the second, floral scrolls animated with birds on one side, a frieze of fleurons and palmettes decorated with flowers on the back. Size of pages: 26,6 x 17,2 cm and 26,6 x 17 cmSpots , a few wormholes, traces of binding on one edge, significant wetness . Provenance: Former collection of Emile Tabbagh. Two pages of a poetic manuscript, probably Herat or Bukhara, 16th century