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

1602

Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim

(1569–1627)
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Medium
Ink and gold on paper
Measurements
Average: 26.1 x 15.6 cm (10 1/4 x 6 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund 2005.145.74.b
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Not on view
Print
A vertical page of aged cream paper features fourteen rows of flowing black Nasta'liq script within a thin blue and gold border. A smaller gold-bordered heading sits atop the main text block. The calligraphy is surrounded by wide margins, though the left edge is frayed with small tears. A short inscription appears in the lower left corner outside the border. Faint horizontal lines guide the elegant script across the rectangular composition.

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

1602

Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim (1569–1627)

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