# Calligraphy of Lyrical Quatrains (verso)

- Date: mid-1700s
- Medium: Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
- Classification: Calligraphy
- Dimensions: calligraphy: 17 x 9.6 cm (6 11/16 x 3 3/4 in.)
- Culture: Mughal India, probably Lucknow
- Credit line: Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/2013.348.b)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/cma/2013.348.b/2013.348.b_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Floral sprigs illuminate the central calligraphic work, and paired verses have been written in smaller script all around the border. All the verses are about the beauty of—and longing for—the beloved.