A CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL
A CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL

SIGNED MUHAMMAD ABU BAQA' AL-HARAVI, TIMURID IRAN, DATED AH 905/1499-1500 AD

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A CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL
SIGNED MUHAMMAD ABU BAQA' AL-HARAVI, TIMURID IRAN, DATED AH 905/1499-1500 AD
Arabic manuscript on paper, with one line of large gold thuluth flanked by panels containing diagonal lines of similar smaller script containing the signature and date, all surrounded by panels of gold and polychrome calligraphy, laid down between minor yellow borders on wide margins with gold-highlighted arabesque, mounted on card
Panel 3 ½ x 14 ¼in. (8.6 x 36.5cm.); folio 10 1/8 x 21 1/8in. (25.6 x 53.6cm.)
Engraved
‘uluw al-himma min al-iman, 'The height of zeal comes from faith'
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