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Collection Online as of August 4, 2026

A vertically oriented off-white page features sixteen rows of black calligraphic script within a rectangular frame. The fluid, slanted text is enclosed by thin blue, orange, and gold lines. At the top, a small box holds a light gold heading. Brown water stains mar the upper and right edges, while small circular holes punctuate the right margin of the aged paper. A single word in blue ink appears mid-text.

Text page from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of Father Jerome Xavier

1602

Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim

(1569–1627)
Ink and gold on paper
John L. Severance Fund 2005.145.104.a
Location: Not on view
  • before 1930s–2005
    An Indian family in Great Britain, whose grandfather brought the manuscript to England in the 1930s or 1940s
    2005
    (Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch Ltd., London, England, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    2005–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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