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accession number:	1945.385
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Animals, Precious Stones, Coins, and Musical Instruments (recto); Animals, Birds, and Plants (verso) from a Mu'nis al-Ahrar fi Daqa'iq al-Ash'ar (The Free Men's Companion to the Subtleties of Poems) of Muhammad Ibn Badr al-Din Jajarmi (active 1340s), c. 1341. Iran, Shiraz, Ilkhanid period (1256-1353). Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper; overall: 19.7 x 13.5 cm (7 3/4 x 5 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1945.385

title:				Animals, Precious Stones, Coins, and Musical Instruments (recto); Animals, Birds, and Plants (verso) from a Mu'nis al-Ahrar fi Daqa'iq al-Ash'ar (The Free Men's Companion to the Subtleties of Poems) of Muhammad Ibn Badr al-Din Jajarmi (active 1340s)
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creation date:			c. 1341
creation date earliest:		1340
creation date latest:		1345
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Iran, Shiraz, Ilkhanid period (1256-1353)
technique:	opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
department:	Islamic Art
collection:	Islamic Art
type:		Manuscript
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measurements: Overall: 19.7 x 13.5 cm (7 3/4 x 5 5/16 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Script: Thulth
	translation:	
	remark:		

	inscription:	(text on the previous page, leaf 2f, Harvard University Art Museums, 1960.186)  In the hands of his slaves and of his friends are:/
Spear and sword, javelin and pen./

Ever all roasted at his table are:/
Ox and fish, camel and horse and sheep./

Ocean and mine have showered on his presence:/
Pearl and ruby, coined gold and silver/

The minstrels at his banquet bear in their hands:/
Lute and harp, rebec, pipe and tambourine./

Making the garden of his pleasure their homeland are:/
Rosebush and box-tree, cypress and elm./

Prey to hawk and prey to his cheetah are:/
Vulture and sīmurgh, elephant and rhinoceros./

Sun and Moon, Venus and Mercury are at his feast:/
Falcon-drum and goblet, bowl and candlestick./

Overwhelming the corpses of his foes are:/
Porcupine and stork, raven and kite.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Islamic Art
	opening date:   1944-11-03T04:00:00
	<i>Islamic Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 3, 1944-February 2, 1945).

	title:		Persian Miniatures
	opening date:   1963-04-09T05:00:00
	<i>Persian Miniatures</i>. The Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL (organizer) (April 9-May 9, 1963).

	title:		The Cleveland Tuti-Nama Manuscript and the Origins of Mughal Painting
	opening date:   1976-11-09T05:00:00
	<i>The Cleveland Tuti-Nama Manuscript and the Origins of Mughal Painting</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 9-December 19, 1976); The David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, IL (January 12-February 27, 1977).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Illustrated Poetry and Epic Images: Persian Painting of the 1330s and 1340s</em>. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (February 1-May 1, 1994).', 'opening_date': '1994-02-01T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Hagop Kevorkian [1872–1962], New York, NY, ?-1945, to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-1945
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1945-present
	date: 1945-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Swietochowski, Marie Lukens, and Stefano Carboni. <em>Illustrated Poetry and Epic Images: Persian Painting of the 1330s and 1340s</em>. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1994.
	page number: 	Reproduced: cat. no. 3 a-h, pp. 30–33
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	ElSaffar, Amir. “The Iraqui Maqam: Singer Hamid Al-Saadi and ensemble celebrate a centuries-old tradition.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>60, no. 1 (January/February 2020): 10-11.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 11.
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