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Creator

Unknown

Title

Illuminated opening page (folio 1 verso) and 131 folios with Persian text, from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of Father Jerome Xavier

Collection

Indian Art

Creation date

1602–4; margins added with rebinding, about 1900

Culture

Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim (1569–1627)

Technique

Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper