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Calligraphy2645/6

Calligraphy on the insides of two hinged sheets. The left image has the text surrounded by an ink outline that is cloud-like in appearance and following the shape of the words. Gold paint is in between these outlines. The writing is framed by black, gold, and a thick blue rectangular outline. At the top of the image, there is a design element sitting off-centre. Writing is surrounded by detailed lines and floral motifs. The right image is very similar except for the writing. The front outside cover comments on the possible writer. More writing is found in the middle and the bottom left of the front outside. Writing appears on the upper right front cover and the upper left back cover. More writing appears on the back at the centre.

Culture
Persian
Made in
Iran ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Calligraphy2645/5

Calligraphy on the insides of two hinged sheets. The left image is four lines of text on a light brown background surrounded by brown, red, white, and gold borders. The right image is also four lines on a flower patterned gold background surrounded by red, brown, and light brown borders. Both the left and the right texts are on a background of blue. Above the right text, there is a written symbol. The front and the back covers have writing at the top right and the top left corners, respectively. The front cover has a translation of the texts.

Culture
Persian
Made in
Iran ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Calligraphy2645/4

Calligraphy on the insides of two hinged sheets. Both the left and the right images show text in a linear form that are outlined in black following the shape of the words on a background of gold. Borders of dark blue, then green, surround the text all on a background of orange. Writing appears above the right text. The meaning and purpose of the texts is on the front outside cover. Small writing appears in the lower left front cover and the lower right back cover. A piece of paper with writing, in ink, was between the hinged sheets.

Culture
Persian
Made in
Iran ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Calligraphy2645/2

Calligraphy on the insides of two hinged sheets. The left image text is black ink surrounded by a thin black outline which is following the shape of the words. The background is gold with finely drawn black flowers. Borders of gold, red, and blues separate the text into two lines. A brown border surrounds these, and an orange border surrounds them all. Above the orange border, there is a gold, blue, and orange design element with writing below it. The right image is different text but with the same layout and design. The outside front discusses the purpose of the text. Writing appears on the front and back outside covers. Writing also appears in the top right corner of the front and the top left corner of the back.

Culture
Persian
Made in
Iran ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Calligraphy2645/9

Calligraphy on one side of the sheet with translation on the reverse. Two lines of text are surrounded by a light grey cloud-like background that follows the shape of the writing. These are in turn on a gold background with floral motifs, each surrounded by a dark reddish-brown border. Another gold-patterned border surrounds both the columns and the borders, which are surrounded by yellow, red, gold, and blue borders. Three gold floral designs extend from the framed writing to the side edge of the paper. These floral designs, along with the framed writing, are surrounded by a thin yellow border. On the reverse, in pencil, there is some English translation with handwritten characters underneath.

Culture
Persian
Made in
Iran ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Zhenxian shiji (Episodic Vestiges of the Perfected Transcendent)1018/93

Daoist album leaf. Gold painted Chinese calligraphy in 14 columns on a piece of brown silk that has been mounted on off-white damask-patterned silk on paper. The text relates to Xu Xun and the depiction of the talisman keeping Lake Po[yang] in check.

Culture
Chinese
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Zhenxian shiji (Episodic Vestiges of the Perfected Transcendent)1018/91

Daoist album leaf. Gold painted Chinese calligraphy in 11 columns on a piece of brown silk that has been mounted on off-white damask-patterned silk on paper. The text relates to Xu Xun and the depiction of eight ropes binding the veins.

Culture
Chinese
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Zhenxian shiji (Episodic Vestiges of the Perfected Transcendent)1018/89

Daoist album leaf. Gold painted Chinese calligraphy in eight columns on a piece of brown silk that has been mounted on off-white damask-patterned silk on paper. The text relates to Xu Xun and the depiction of an iron pillar restraining drifters.

Culture
Chinese
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Zhenxian shiji (Episodic Vestiges of the Perfected Transcendent)1018/87

Daoist album leaf. Gold painted Chinese calligraphy in six columns on a piece of brown silk that has been mounted on off-white damask-patterned silk on paper. The text relates to Xu Xun and the depiction of the aberrants turning into bottle-gourds.

Culture
Chinese
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Zhenxian shiji (Episodic Vestiges of the Perfected Transcendent)1018/85

Daoist album leaf. Gold painted Chinese calligraphy in nine columns on a piece of brown silk that has been mounted on off-white damask-patterned silk on paper. The text relates to Xu Xun and the depiction of the lingering aberrant asking about the sword.

Culture
Chinese
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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