A calligrapher's manual in Persian, incomplete at the beginning and end and with numerous lacunae
In codex: MS 40912
| MS 40912 | Available |
| Format: | Manuscript |
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| Level: |
Work |
| Main author: |
Anonymous |
| Language: |
Persian |
| Note: |
The treatise deals with Persian, Turkish and Arabic grammar, calligraphy, modes of address, the use of verse in letter writing and rhetoric. Each line is written twice, first in ta'liq and then in nasta'liq. Written on gold sprinkled paper, with rubrications, onramental headings and ruled margins. |
| Reference number: |
MS 40912 |
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| Dimensions: | |
| Hand notes: | |
| Hand scope: |
major |
| Hand script: |
nasta_liq |
| Hand medium: |
blackink |
| Hand description: |
Nasta'liq |
| Subjects: |