harvard-art-museums-calligraphy:May God give you glory in both worlds, 19th century, Harvard Art Mus
harvard-art-museums-calligraphy:May God give you glory in both worlds, 19th century, Harvard Art Museums: CalligraphyThis is an example of a rarefied and extremely painstaking genre of calligraphy in which a dried leaf was used for the support. In this case, the leaf appears to be from a horse chestnut tree. Written in a majestic thuluth, the Arabic inscription is be…Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Stuart Cary Welch in memory of Annemarie SchimmelSize: 21.5 x 10.7 cm (8 7/16 x 4 3/16 in.)Medium: Composition on horse chestnut leafhttps://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/57662 -- source link