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| Keywords: Persian prose and poetry.jpg en This calligraphic fragment is executed in gold ink on brown leather The text is written in shikastah-nasta'liq and comprises a selection of Persian excerpts in both poetry nazm and prose naskh These passages are written in diagonal and are framed by cloud band motifs The text is framed by a blue border decorated with flowers and pasted to a pink sheet ornamented with gold leaf and flower motifs There is a small hole in the brown leather below which a note states that this calligraphic piece was finished in the morning subh of Saturday Shambah the 5th of Jumadah II 1156 or Saturday 27 July 1743 Close to the date appears a note specifying that the work was commissioned by a certain Mawlana The name of the calligrapher apparently inscribed in red ink in the center of the composition unfortunately is illegible The script is typical of calligraphic work executed in 18th-century Iran which witnessed the gradual development of shikastah script from its nasta'liq roots fa خوشنویسی اشعاری فارسی به خط شکسته نستعلیق islamic 1743-07-27 5 Jumada II 1156 http //international loc gov/cgi-bin/query/D ascsbib 7 /temp/~intldl_9xKR Persian prose and poetry - The Library of Congress Selections of Arabic Persian and Ottoman Calligraphy author Custom license marker 2012 09 09 PD-old-100 Uploaded with UploadWizard Persian manuscripts Shekasteh Nasta'liq Manuscripts in Iran Library of Congress Arabic Persian and Ottoman calligraphy collection Cloud bands | ||||
