Persian poetry in Ghubar script

1536

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Persian poetry in Ghubar script, 1536. Ink on paper, 15 7/8 x 9 13/16 in. (40.3 x 25 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 45.5.3. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Persian poetry in Ghubar script

Date

1536

Medium

Ink on paper

Classification

Work on Paper

Dimensions

15 7/8 x 9 13/16 in. (40.3 x 25 cm)

Inscriptions

In Persian in nasta`liq script, "As the litter hold Layli, so your sorrow is contained within my heart." (from Layli and Majnun) Translated by Maryam Ekhtiar, April 1985

Credit Line

A. Augustus Healy Fund

Accession Number

45.5.3

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