Saʿdī Illuminated Cartouche

Saʿdī Illuminated Cartouche

Vector frontispiece inspired by 16th-century Safavid manuscripts. A clover-shaped gold cartouche carries scrolling rumi vines and the opening hemistich of a Saʿdī verse, flanked by paired paradise birds and Chinese cloud-bands. Lotus-and-peony arabesques fill the turquoise spandrels, while a plaited kufic border in antique gold frames the panel, turning classical Persian illumination into a crisp digital plate.

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