Calligraphy, Persian Verses (verso)
Unknown Artist
1400s
Medium
Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
Dimensions
27 × 17.2 cm · image to framing line: 26.3 × 15.8 cm
Classification
Manuscript
Department
Islamic Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Edward L. Whittemore Fund
Accession Number
1944.490.b
About this artwork
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.