A calligrapher's manual in Persian, incomplete at the beginning and end and with numerous lacunae

In codex: MS 40912


Format: Manuscript           
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.