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Page of illuminated calligraphy
Qajar period
Late 18th–19th century
Object Place: Iran
Medium/Technique
Ink, color and gold on paper
Dimensions
Height x width: 23.8 × 15 cm (9 3/8 × 5 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Everett Fund
Accession Number86.72
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CollectionsAsia, Islamic Art
ClassificationsBooks and manuscripts
DescriptionSingle folio from an unbound manuscript; 12 lines of Arabic calligraphy in black naskh script; inscribed marginal medallions; individual lines ruled and illuminated; text set in gold, green, black, and blue rulings on cream-colored paper with gold, red, and black outer rulings.
Provenance1886, purchased by the MFA from Samuel Greene Wheeler Benjamin (b.1837-d.1914), Burlington, VT. (Accession date: January 1, 1886)