Thirteen lines of black Persian calligraphy are set within a central panel on this vertical, aged manuscript page. The text is framed by a border of blue and orange lines with a gold stripe, topped by a boxed heading. The cream-colored paper shows brown staining at the top and binding holes on the left. Small annotations sit at the bottom, completing the elegant, formal composition.

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 guard spares the life of the slave when he learns that he is the son of the princess of the Rum, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fiftieth Night

Text, folio 14 (recto) from a Kammavacha: Buddhist ordination text

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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Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim

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