Calligraphy folio from the Shah Jahan Album



Language: Persian

Category: Evolution of Calligraphy in India

Period:  (1600-1699) Pre Industrialisation

References: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/451287


Detailed Description

The 50-leaf folio known as the Shah Jahan Album is filled with calligraphy, illuminated pages, and portraits. The calligrapher Mir 'Ali of Herat is credited with many of the calligraphic pieces in the folio. Older calligraphy and art were frequently rearranged inside Mughal margins and added to albums from the Mughal era. The calligraphy and the illumination surrounding it are likely from the seventeenth century. This dating is supported by the carefully portrayed floral plants and grazing animals that adorn the piece.


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