1960.96.2: Text (recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdawsi.
Manuscripts
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1960.96.2
- Title
- Text (recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdawsi.
- Other Titles
- Series/Book Title: Shahnama
- Classification
- Manuscripts
- Work Type
- manuscript folio
- Date
- c. 1330
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia
- Culture
- Persian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/216357
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Ink and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- folio: 25.9 x 19.2 cm (10 3/16 x 7 9/16 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of John Goelet
- Accession Year
- 1960
- Object Number
- 1960.96.2
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Exhibition History
- Arab and Persian Painting, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 02/10/1981 - 03/09/1981
- Islamic Art and the Written Word, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 10/05/1983 - 11/27/1983
- Islamic Art: The Power of Pattern, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 09/23/1989 - 01/17/1990
- Paintings for Princes: The Art of the Book in Islam, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/27/1990 - 03/25/1990
- Transformations: Asia East and West, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 12/19/1992 - 02/14/1993
- Courts and Countryside: Islamic Paintings from the 14th through the 17th Century, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 05/21/1999 - 08/22/1999
Verification Level
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