A calligraphy of Shāh Maḥmūd al-Nīshāpūrī.
between 1517 and 1571.
Afghanistan
378 x 241 mm
MS M.386.2v
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1911.
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Ms. written and illuminated between 1517 and 1571.
Text: unidentified Persian mas̤navī.
Decoration: illuminated border.
Scribe: Shāh Maḥmūd al-Nīshāpūrī (fl. 1517-1571).
Text box: 157 x 60 mm.
The cartouches are cut from manuscripts