NEW YORK, April 2025, Part I

Two consecutive folios detached from a Kitāb-i Nauras (Book of ‘Nine Tastes’ or ‘Newly Arrived’). Ink on illuminated marbled paper, Sultanate of Bijapur, ca. 1603–1613. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2025.580.1–2 (r–l).

New York City, March–April 2026: Part I This spring, Dr. Jake Benson examined manuscripts and single folios held in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the New York Public Library, and the Brooklyn Museum of Art. This post discusses a pair of consecutive, split pages detached from a manuscript of the Kitab-i Nauras (Book of ‘Nine… Continue reading NEW YORK, April 2025, Part I