A calligraphy of Shah Maḥmūd al-Nīshāpūrī.
first or second quarter of the 16th century.
378 x 241 mm
MS M.386.9v
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1911.
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Ms. written and illuminated in Persia, second or third quarter of the 16th century.
Text: nine lines of an unidentified Persian mas̤navī.
Decoration: illuminated border.
Scribe: Shah Maḥmūd al-Nīshāpūrī.
The surround contains fragments