Anthology of Persian Poetry in Oblong Format (Safina), by Sultan Muhammad Nur, dated 905 AH/1499–1500 CE
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Anthology of Persian Poetry in Oblong Format (Safina)

Calligrapher Sultan Muhammad Nur (Iranian, ca. 1472–ca. 1536)

dated 905 AH/1499–1500 CE

Medium
Ink, watercolor, and gold on paper. Binding: leather
Classification
Codices
Dimensions
H. 8 1/4 in. (21 cm) W. 3 in. (7.6 cm)
Culture
present-day Afghanistan
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Islamic Art
Credit line
Purchase, Rogers Fund, Louis E. and Theresa S. Seley Purchase Fund for Islamic Art, and Persian Heritage Foundation Gift, 1997
Rights
Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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