1960.96.2: Text (recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdawsi.

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1960.96.2

People

Unknown Artist

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

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