id: 124426 accession number: 1945.385 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1945.385 updated: 2023-03-25 11:14:24.819000 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) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1341 creation date earliest: 1340 creation date latest: 1345 current location: creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund copyright: --- culture: Iran, Shiraz, Ilkhanid period (1256-1353) technique: opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper department: Islamic Art collection: Islamic Art type: Manuscript find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 19.7 x 13.5 cm (7 3/4 x 5 5/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: 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. translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Islamic Art opening date: 1944-11-03T04:00:00 Islamic Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 3, 1944-February 2, 1945). title: Persian Miniatures opening date: 1963-04-09T05:00:00 Persian Miniatures. 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 The Cleveland Tuti-Nama Manuscript and the Origins of Mughal Painting. 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). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Illustrated Poetry and Epic Images: Persian Painting of the 1330s and 1340s. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (February 1-May 1, 1994). --- PROVENANCE Hagop Kevorkian [1872–1962], New York, NY, ?-1945, to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: ?-1945 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1945-present date: 1945- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: This is one of several pages that were removed from a unique manuscript of this otherwise unknown work, which bears a colophon stating that it was written by the author and finished "Ramadan, 741" (February 1341). Illustrations on both sides include various animals, trees, and objects such as weapons, musical instruments, and jewels. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Swietochowski, Marie Lukens, and Stefano Carboni. Illustrated Poetry and Epic Images: Persian Painting of the 1330s and 1340s. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1994. page number: Reproduced: cat. no. 3 a-h, pp. 30-33 url: Swietochowski, Marie Lukens, and Stefano Carboni. Illustrated Poetry and Epic Images: Persian Painting of the 1330s and 1340s. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1994. page number: Reproduced: cat. no. 3 a-h, pp. 30-33 url: ElSaffar, Amir. “The Iraqui Maqam: Singer Hamid Al-Saadi and ensemble celebrate a centuries-old tradition.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 60, no. 1 (January/February 2020): 10-11. page number: Reproduced: P. 11. url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1945.385/1945.385_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1945.385/1945.385_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1945.385/1945.385_full.tif