The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 25, 2024
Text Page, Persian Prose (recto) from a Manuscript of the Majma' al-Tavarikh (A Compendium of Histories) by Hafiz-i Abru:
c. 1425
(1370–1501)
Overall: 42 x 32 cm (16 9/16 x 12 5/8 in.); Text area: 34.5 x 22.7 cm (13 9/16 x 8 15/16 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1945.384.a
Location: not on view
Description
These page is 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.- ?-1945(Hagop Kevorkian [1872–1962], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)1945-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- International Exhibition of Persian Art. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA (October-December 1926).
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1945.384.a