Title: Page of Calligraphy from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Object type: Folio from an illustrated manuscript
Date: 1562–83
Artist:  Muhammad ibn Taj al-Din Haidar Muzahhib Shirazi 
Artist bio: Iranian, active 1560s–80s
Artist nationality: Iranian
Artist role: Calligrapher
Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Dimensions: Ht. 17 5/16 in. (44 cm)
W. 10 1/16 in. (25.5 cm)
Classification: Codices
Credit line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1952
Geography: Attributed to Shiraz   Iran      
Department: Islamic Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Calligraphy