The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of August 2, 2026

A vertical manuscript leaf features thirteen lines of black calligraphy centered on aged, cream-colored paper. A narrow border of thin gold, orange, and blue lines frames the text, with a faint ink heading above. Dark staining marks the upper edge, while small binding holes run along the left margin. Tiny black notations appear in the lower left corner, set against the weathered, plain background of the page.

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
Average: 26.1 x 15.6 cm (10 1/4 x 6 1/8 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 2005.145.62.b
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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