A calligraphy.
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1911.
Ms. written and illuminated in Persia, second half of the 16th century.
Decoration: illuminated border.
Text: eight hemistichs from a ghazal by Saʻdī in "-ā rā" and six hemistichs from a ghazal by Saʻdī in "-ārān".
The surround contains cut