A calligraphy of Aḥmad al-Ḥusainī.
3rd quarter of the 16th century.
378 x 241 mm
MS M.386.17v
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1911.
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Ms. written and illuminated in Persia, the third quarter of the sixteenth century.
Text: unidentified Persian ghazal.
Decoration: illuminated border.
Scribe: Aḥmad al-Ḥusainī.
The surround contains cuttings from two manuscripts; the large c