Preface (verso) from a double-page frontispiece of a Shahnama of Firdausi (940-1019 or 1025)
c. 1444
Maker Unknown
Islamic Art
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 This text page is the first page of a Shahnama manuscript with an illuminated heading containing the basmala ("In the name of Allah, etc.") followed by the text of the preface to the Shahnama.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Manuscript
- Formatted Medium
- opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
- Medium
- opaque, watercolor, ink, gold, paper
- Dimensions
- Overall: 32.7 x 22 cm (12 7/8 x 8 11/16 in.)
- Departments
- Islamic Art
- Accession Number
- 1956.10.b
- Credit Line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Exhibitions
- Persian Miniature Manuscripts
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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