id:			163646
accession number:	2005.145
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2005.145
updated:		2025-05-14 12:01:55.648000

Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of Father Jerome Xavier, 1602–4. Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim (1569–1627). 24 full size illustrations with 160 folios of text; gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper. The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 2005.145

title:				Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of Father Jerome Xavier
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creation date:			1602–4
creation date earliest:		1602
creation date latest:		1604
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim (1569–1627)
technique:	24 full size illustrations with 160 folios of text; gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Manuscript
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Art and Stories from Mughal India
	opening date:   2016-07-31T04:00:00
	<i>Art and Stories from Mughal India</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 31-October 23, 2016).

	title:		Prince Salim's Life of Christ (Manuscript Rotation) - Gallery 115
	opening date:   2019-12-02T05:00:00
	<i>Prince Salim's Life of Christ (Manuscript Rotation) - Gallery 115</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (December 2, 2019-July 1, 2020).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 245)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (January 5-April 27, 2015). pages 2-8 only.', 'opening_date': '2015-01-05T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	An Indian family in Great Britain, whose grandfather brought the manuscript to England in the 1930s or 1940s
	date: before 1930s–2005
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	(Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch Ltd., London, England, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: 2005
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2005–
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CITATIONS

	Carvalho, Pedro de Moura, and W. M. Thackston. <em>Mirʼāt al-quds (Mirror of holiness): a life of Christ for Emperor Akbar: a commentary on Father Jerome Xavier's text and the miniatures of Cleveland Museum of Art, Acc. no. 2005.145</em>. Leiden: Brill, 2012.
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	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 212
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	Benay, Erin E. <em>Italy by Way of India: Translating Art and Devotion in the Early Modern World.</em> Turnhout: Harvey Miller Publishers, 2021.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 19–21, fig. 8
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