Two pages of Sufi poetry from a single album, Iran, probably 17th - 19th century Two recto-verso manuscript folios on paper copied with 12 lines of Persian nasta'liq text in black ink, divided into two columns separated by a gilded floral stem. The text is punctuated by title cartouches illuminated in gold and polychrome, inscribed in white letters on a foliate background. The text is taken from Sanâ'î's Hadiqat al-Haqiqa va Shari'at al-Tariqa. Folios mounted as album pages with pink, green or blue colored margins painted in gold with animal and plant decoration. Dim. sight pages: 26 x 15 cm; dim. text area: 13 x 7 cm Some stains and folds, small accidents, minor restorations. Sanâ'î (1080-1131) was a poet of Afghan origin whose highly spiritual writings influenced the greatest Persian mystical poets. His Hadiqat al-Haqiqa or Garden of Truth is his most famous work, comprising 11,000 verses.