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Album of calligraphy

Album of calligraphy

1530–1600
Object PlaceIran
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper; binding, leather
DimensionsHeight x width: 15.8 x 22.4 cm (6 1/4 x 8 13/16 in.)
Credit LineHelen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession number29.56
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ClassificationsBooks and manuscripts
Collections
InscriptionsThe last folio presents the traditional formula used from the 16th century onward: mufradat-e naskh-e tal'liq 'ala tarriq-e wadi' al-awl Khwaje Mir 'Ali Tabrizi (Mufradat of nasta'liq (following) the method of the inventor of the prototype Khwaje Mir Ali Tabrizi
ProvenanceMiss Elizabeth (Riefstahl) Titzel (b. 1889 - d. 1986), New York; 1929, sold by Miss Elizabeth (Riefstahl) Titzel to the MFA for $5000.00 (total price for 29.56-136). (Accession Date: January 3, 1929)