id:			163664
accession number:	2005.145.1.b
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2005.145.1.b
updated:		2025-05-14 16:55:21.101000

Illuminated opening page (folio 1 verso) and 131 folios with Persian text, from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of Father Jerome Xavier, 1602–4; margins added with rebinding, about 1900. Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim (1569–1627). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; page: 26.1 x 15.4 cm (10 1/4 x 6 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 2005.145.1.b

title:				Illuminated opening page (folio 1 verso) and 131 folios with Persian text, from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of Father Jerome Xavier
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creation date:			1602–4; margins added with rebinding, about 1900
creation date earliest:		1602
creation date latest:		1900
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Mughal India, Allahabad, made for Prince Salim (1569–1627)
technique:	Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Manuscript
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measurements: Page: 26.1 x 15.4 cm (10 1/4 x 6 1/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	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

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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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