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accession number:	1944.490.b
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Calligraphy, Persian Verses (verso), 1400s. Iran, Timurid period (1370-1501). Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1944.490.b

title:				Calligraphy, Persian Verses (verso)
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creation date:			1400s
creation date earliest:		1450
creation date latest:		1490
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creditline:			Edward L. Whittemore Fund
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culture:	Iran, Timurid period (1370-1501)
technique:	Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
department:	Islamic Art
collection:	Islamic Art
type:		Manuscript
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	script:  Nasta'liq
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Muslim Miniature Paintings
	opening date:   1962-09-01T04:00:00
	<i>Muslim Miniature Paintings</i>. Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, Italy, Venezia, Italy (organizer) (September 1-October 31, 1962); The Asia Society Museum, New York, NY (December 4, 1962-February 3, 1963).

	title:		The Classical Style in Islamic Painting
	opening date:   1968-11-01T05:00:00
	<i>The Classical Style in Islamic Painting</i>. The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY (organizer) (November 1, 1968-January 4, 1969).

	title:		Persian Miniature Manuscripts
	opening date:   1977-08-13T04:00:00
	<i>Persian Miniature Manuscripts</i>. The Scottish Arts Council Gallery, Edinburgh, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (organizer) (August 13-September 11, 1977).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Ricketts; Hofer; (Philip Hofer)
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1944-
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digital description:
In Persian albums, pages of calligraphy alternated with paintings. These verses have been written in an elegant nastaliq, a cursive form of the Arabic script.

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned: cat. no. 723
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n132

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