Page of calligraphy with border
1729–30
Object PlaceIran
Medium/TechniqueCalligraphy on paper
DimensionsHeight x width: 28.7 × 17.4 cm (11 5/16 × 6 7/8 in.)
Credit LineHelen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession number29.127
On View
Not on viewClassificationsBooks and manuscripts
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)
about 1565
16th century
18th century
16th century
Recto early 16th century; verso about 1420–40; mounted in album about 1544–45
late 16th century
late 17th century
Ömer b. Abdurrahman
18th century
Yedikuleli Seyyid ʿAbdullâh Efendi
1731 A.D./ 1141 A.H.