Eleven leaves from a Shahnameh manuscript, probably India, 17th century Folio of a manuscript on paper with twenty-five lines of text per page in Persian nasta'liq in black ink, titles in red ink. Some marginal advertisements and inscriptions. Margins of some folios illuminated with gold in the 19th century with a decoration of animals and characters in a landscape. Size of page : 38,7 x 24,4 cm Stains, freckles, some restorations and accidents. A set of calligraphic and illuminated pages, India and Iran, XIXth - early XXth century: one illuminated folio of ghazaliat poetic manuscript of seven lines of text in reserve on gold ground and floral margins, 21.6 x 12.7 cm; six sewn-together folios of poetic manuscript of eleven lines of text in two columns, 30 x 19 cm; one folio of a Persian manuscript of fifteen lines of text in nasta'liq illustrated with shrubs and clumps of flowers, 38.5 x 24.5 cm; eight sheets of paper with flowers illuminated on both sides in gold and polychrome, ca. 34.4 x 19.4 cm; a painting of a musician playing the târ, Safavid style, Iran, 20th century, 19 x 14.7 cm 11 Folios of a Shahnameh, probably India, 17th century