
Cleveland Museum of Art
Calligraphy, Persian Verses (verso)
- Date
- 1400s
- Medium
- Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
- Culture
- Iran, Timurid period (1370-1501)
- Department
- Islamic Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
In Persian albums, pages of calligraphy alternated with paintings. These verses have been written in an elegant nastaliq, a cursive form of the Arabic script.
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