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Mughal miniature and calligraphy

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Accession number: 
MS M.1034
Title: 
Mughal miniature and calligraphy
Created: 
India, Delhi or Agra, ca. 1775 (recto), 18th cent. (verso)
Credit: 
Gift of Anna C. Walter, 1981.
Description: 
1 single leaf : paper on card, ill. ; 405 x 282 mm
Provenance: 
Anna C. Walter.
Notes: 

Recto: Ms. Mughal miniature; illuminated in Delhi or Agra, ca. 1775.
Verso: Ms. Mughal calligraphy; written and illuminated in Delhi or Agra in the eighteenth century.
Verso identified in error as Pierpont Morgan Library MS M.1034.1v in Schmitz on p. 224.

Script: 
nastaʻlīq
Language: 
Persian
Resources: 
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Century: 
18th century
Genres: 
Cardboard
Illuminated manuscripts
Paper
Single leaves
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Classification: 
Manuscript
Department: 
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts