Persian calligraphy framed by an ornamental border of flowers, birds, and deer, from the Late Shah Jahan Album

Calligraphy framed by an ornamental border with poppies and pairs of birds, from the Late Shah Jahan Album (verso)

Mughal India, court of Shah Jahan (reigned 1628–58)

Page from a manuscript in Nasta'liq with an illuminated border

Islamic

Illuminated page (verso), from a Panj Ganj (Five Treasures) of Abd al- Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492) with two Persian masnavis: Yusuf va Zulaykha (Joseph and Zulaykha) and Khirad-nama-i Iskandari (Alexander’s Book of Wisdom)

Mushfiq, Sultan 'Ali al-Mashadi

Havik met kraanvogel

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Vijf gekalligrafeerde teksten

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Teksten en bloemornamenten

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Page from a Panj Ganj (Five Treasures) of Abd al-Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492), with two Persian masnavis: Yusuf va Zulaykha (Joseph and Zulaykha) and Subhat al-abrar (Rosary of the Righteous) (verso)

Mushfiq, others

Poetry Fragment (Qit'a) written in Nasta'liq Script

Islamic

Album Page with Calligraphic Specimen and Animal Border

Mughal

Calligraphy of Chaghatai Turkish Poems in Praise of Wine (verso)

Mirza Muhammad, Sultan Muhammad Nur

The Illuminated Border of Animals, double page from a copy of the Gulistan of Sa'di

Islamic

Kalligrafie in rechthoekige omlijsting

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