A vertically oriented off-white manuscript page features thirteen rows of flowing black calligraphy inside a gold, blue, and red rectangular frame. A smaller header sits atop the central script. The aged paper shows brown water stains at the top and marginal notes in the bottom left. Along the worn left edge, small holes indicate a previous binding. The elegant, cursive characters are densely packed, contrasting with the wide, stained margins.

An Indian family in Great Britain, whose grandfather brought the manuscript to England in the 1930s or 1940s

(Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch Ltd., London, England, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Text page from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of Father Jerome Xavier

The magician, disguised as a Brahman, visits the king of Babylon, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-fifth Night

Leaf Excised from a "Decretum" by Gratian: Initial C[anonici cuiusdam ecclesiae] with a Seated Cleric

Text page from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of Father Jerome Xavier

Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim

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