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Text Page, Persian Prose, (verso), from Majmac al-Tavarikh (A Compendium of Histories) of Hafiz-i Abru
c. 1425
(1370–1501)
Overall: 42 x 32 cm (16 9/16 x 12 5/8 in.); Text area: 33.6 x 22.8 cm (13 1/4 x 9 in.)
Dudley P. Allen Fund 1931.452.b
Location: not on view
Description
These two pages are from a manuscript that evidently was written and illustrated for the library (at Herat) of the Timurid king Shah Rukh, the son of Timur (Tamerlane). The Majma' al-Tawarikh traced the history of the world, beginning with the prophets of the Old Testament until the reign of Shah Rukh.- ?-1931(Parish-Watson & Co., Inc., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)1931-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned: cat. no. 719 archive.org
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