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

Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim (1569–1627) · 1602–4; margins added with rebinding, about 1900

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

Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

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