Yusuf Grillo

This manuscript of Jami’s Yusuf and Zulaykha retains its decorated binding, double illuminated frontispiece, and five illustrations. The text is copied in nasta`liq in two columns ...

Small boxes like this one were used to hold small Qur'ans, prayer manuals, or talismanic texts, which were written on long sheets of paper and folded repeatedly or rolled to fit th...