"The Great Abu Sa'ud Teaching Law", Folio from a Divan of Mahmud `Abd-al Baqi

Inscription: The text is a poem which contains a long description of Winter. The first line, as transcribed in modern Turkish, reads: Agardi berf-ile yer yer cemende cism-i nihal.

George D. Pratt, New York (until 1925; gifted to MMA)

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