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Page of Calligraphy

Calligrapher Sultan Muhammad Nur Iranian
early 16th century
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 455
Poetry, calligraphic exercises, and headings have been pasted onto both sides of this folio. The text, which was written in several different hands, includes nasta’liq, ta’liq shikasta, muhaqqaq, and thuluth scripts. A poem written diagonally by the calligrapher Sultan Muhammad Nur uses religious imagery to describe the beauty of the beloved, and the large writing to the left of the poem is a calligraphic exercise in which the letter shin is repeated several times.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Page of Calligraphy
  • Calligrapher: Sultan Muhammad Nur (Iranian, ca. 1472–ca. 1536)
  • Date: early 16th century
  • Geography: Attributed to Iran
  • Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
  • Classification: Codices
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Jerome A. Straka Gift, 1982
  • Object Number: 1982.120.4
  • Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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