Cleveland Museum of Art

Folio B: Folio from the "Five Treasures" (Panj Ganj) of Jami (recto)

Mushfiq

Date: 1520–1607
Medium: Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Culture: Northern India, Mughal, early 17th century
Department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Institution: Cleveland Museum of Art

This page contains two different texts, one written diagonally in the border and the other in the two central columns. The section of poetry in the border describes an episode from Joseph’s childhood in which his older brothers suggest to Jacob, their father, that they take Joseph into the countryside so that the boy can learn the area, although they actually plan to kill him. The poem in the central columns advises the reader to smile often, as a smile is sweeter and more pleasing than sugar.

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