id:			170802
accession number:	2013.303.b
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2013.303.b
updated:		2024-03-26 02:01:36.330000

Calligraphy: Preface to the Anvar-i Suhaili, c. 1590. Northern India, Mughal court, 16th century. Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; page: 36.1 x 24.8 cm (14 3/16 x 9 3/4 in.); text field: 16 x 8.3 cm (6 5/16 x 3 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection 2013.303.b

title:				Calligraphy: Preface to the Anvar-i Suhaili
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creation date:			c. 1590
creation date earliest:		1585
creation date latest:		1595
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creditline:			Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection
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culture:	Northern India, Mughal court, 16th century
technique:	Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art - Mughal
type:		Calligraphy
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measurements: Page: 36.1 x 24.8 cm (14 3/16 x 9 3/4 in.); Text field: 16 x 8.3 cm (6 5/16 x 3 1/4 in.)
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	inscription:	Banyavati inscription in Devenagari script in left margin describing the subject of the miniature: 'We failed to understand each other when we were together, the understanding in that respect may come to us on being separated".
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	inscription:	Persian text in nasta‘liq script:
. . . and he also added illustrations and decorations and in truth an album was arranged that ever since the visage of rosy-cheeked beauties has been bedecked by their black sweet-smelling tresses, the like of the calligraphic lines that are written upon it have never been set upon any paper by a pen, and ever since the album of the sky has been illuminated by the luminosity of the moon and the sun, the light of the understanding . . .
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