The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of August 6, 2026

A vertical cream-colored manuscript page features thirteen lines of black Persian script written in a flowing cursive style. A central rectangle encloses the text, topped by a header with red and black lettering separated by a gold horizontal line. Thin borders of gold, light blue, and orange frame the panel. Faded moisture stains mark the top left, while small circular binding holes run along the right edge.

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 2005.145.139.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
  • {{cite web|title=Text page from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of Father Jerome Xavier|url=false|author=|year=1602|access-date=06 August 2026|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2005.145.139.a