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Summary
This illuminated incipit page from Walters manuscript W.619 bears 2 titles. In the main titlepiece is inscribed Kitab-i Gulistan-i Shaykh-i Sa'di, while Kitab-i Bustan-i Shaykh-i Sa'di appears in the triangular sidepiece.
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Date
1572
Source
Walters Art Museum
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