Keywords: Naskh script - Vassal-i Shirazi.jpg en This fragment includes a poem in Arabic written in black naskh script on a beige paper The words are fully vocalized in black and framed by cloud bands on a gold background The text panel is framed in blue and pasted to a larger sheet of green paper backed by cardboard On the final line the calligrapher Vassal states that he has written the work hararahu on a Monday night during the months of the year fi laylat al-ithnayn min shuhur sanah 1258/1842 The calligrapher can be identified as the famous naskh-revivalist Vassal-i Shirazi الوصال الشيرازي d 1262/1846 the greatest Iranian calligrapher of the 19th century see the numerous fragments by him published in Tavoosi 1987 40 et seq He seems to have executed this piece only four years before his death in 1262/1846 LOC-calligraphy ascs 006 Calligrapher Vassal-i Shirazi d 1262 H/1846 AD 1258 H/1842 AD PD-Art Naskh script Library of Congress Arabic Persian and Ottoman calligraphy collection Cloud bands |