Title: Page of Calligraphy
Object type: Non-illustrated album leaf
Date: late 16th century
Artist:  Muhammad Husayn al-Katib 
Artist bio: active India, ca. 1560–1620
Artist role: Calligrapher
Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Dimensions: Illumination: H. 8 7/16 in. (21.4 cm)
                    W. 4 in. (10.2 cm)
Page: H. 8 7/16 in. (21.4 cm)
          W. 4 in. (10.2 cm)
Mat: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm)
       W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)
        D. 1/4 in. (0.6 cm)
Frame: H. 21 3/4 in. (55.2 cm)
           W. 16 3/4 in. (42.5 cm)
            D. 3/4 in. (1.9 cm)
Classification: Codices
Credit line: Purchase, Richard S. Perkins Gift, Patti Birch Gift, in memory of Everett Birch, and Ehsan Yarshater Gift, 1993
Geography: Attributed to    India      
Department: Islamic Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Calligraphy