A calligraphy by ʻAlī Persian, ca. 1500-1550. Description: 1 single leaf : paper on card, ill. ; 416 x 300 mm Credit: Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1911. Genres: Illuminated borders--16th century. Calligraphy. Paper (fiber product) Cardboard. Single leaves. Language: In Persian; Surround in Persian; Script: nastaʻlīq. nastaʻlīq. Notes: Ms. single leaf written and illuminated in Persia, perhaps in the first half of the 16th century. Text: Unidentified Persian quatrain. Decoration: illuminated border. Scribe: perhaps Mīr ʻAlī al-Ḥusainī al-Hiravī. The surround is a cutting from a manuscript, twelve hemistichs from an unidentified Persian Mas̤navī. MICROFILM holding is on record for MS M.458.1r. Provenance: Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Charles Hercules Read in 1911; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943). Associated Names: Mīr ʻAlī Ḥusaynī Haravī, approximately 1476-1543. Read, Charles Hercules, Sir, 1857-1929, former owner. Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner. Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont), 1867-1943, former owner. Cite as: Pierpont Morgan Library. MS M.458.5v. Publications on: Islamic and Indian manuscripts and paintings in the Pierpont Morgan Library / Barbara Schmitz. New York : The Library, 1997, no. 50, p. 148. Subjects: Manuscripts, Persian--New York (State)--New York. 1500-1550. Dept./Collection: Pierpont Morgan Library Dept. of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts