id: 133449
accession number: 1956.10.b
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Preface (verso) from a double-page frontispiece of a Shahnama of Firdausi (940-1019 or 1025), c. 1444. Iran, Shiraz, Timurid period (1370-1501). Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper; overall: 32.7 x 22 cm (12 7/8 x 8 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1956.10.b
title: Preface (verso) from a double-page frontispiece of a Shahnama of Firdausi (940-1019 or 1025)
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creation date: c. 1444
creation date earliest: 1435
creation date latest: 1449
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creditline: John L. Severance Fund
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culture: Iran, Shiraz, Timurid period (1370-1501)
technique: opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
department: Islamic Art
collection: Islamic Art
type: Manuscript
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measurements: Overall: 32.7 x 22 cm (12 7/8 x 8 11/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Persian Miniature Manuscripts
opening date: 1977-08-13T04:00:00
Persian Miniature Manuscripts. 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
Philipp Walter Schulz [1864-1920], Leipzig, Germany
date: by 1914
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(Adrienne Minassian [1913-1994], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?-1956
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1956-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page number: Mentioned: cat. no. 722
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n132
Neils, Jenifer. “The Twain Shall Meet.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 72, no. 6, 1985, pp. 326–359.
page number: Reproduced: no. 45, p. 350
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159914
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