Illuminated manuscript, "Mathnawi" (Spiritual Couplets) by the Sufi poet Jalal al-Din Rumi
1697 (1108 Hijra)
Object PlaceIran
Medium/TechniqueInk, watercolor, and gold on paper; binding, leather, carved, stamped and painted in gold
DimensionsH: 16.6 x W: 10.7 cm (6 9/16 x 4 3/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Horatio Greenough Curtis
Accession number25.710
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ProvenanceGift of Mrs. Horatio G. Curtis, April 1925.
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