# Manuscripts of the 14th century

Style galleries · hang 750 · 9 works

Manuscripts made in the 14th century, from every museum.

The rooms are imagined; every work on their walls is real.

## Section 1, north wall

1. ["Muhammad's Call to Prophecy and the First Revelation", Folio from a Majma' al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Histories)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/muhammad-s-call-to-prophecy-and-the-first-revelation-folio-f-met-451418), Hafiz-i Abru, ca. 1425. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/manuscript-14/muhammad-s-call-to-prophecy-and-the-first-revelation-folio-f-met-451418?hang=750)
2. [Folio from a Mu'nis al-ahrar fi daqa'iq al-ash'ar (The Free Man's Companion to the Subtleties of Poems) of Jajarmi](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/folio-from-a-mu-nis-al-ahrar-fi-daqa-iq-al-ash-ar-the-free-m-met-447071), Muhammad ibn Badr al-Din Jajarmi, dated 741 AH/1340–41 CE. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/manuscript-14/folio-from-a-mu-nis-al-ahrar-fi-daqa-iq-al-ash-ar-the-free-m-met-447071?hang=750)
3. [Christ in Majesty with the Virgin and Saint John the Evangelist: Single Leaf from a Book of Rules](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/christ-in-majesty-with-the-virgin-and-saint-john-the-evangel-cma-135583), Master of the Washington Coronation, c. 1310–20. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/manuscript-14/christ-in-majesty-with-the-virgin-and-saint-john-the-evangel-cma-135583?hang=750)

## Section 1, south wall

4. [Folio from a Mu'nis al-ahrar fi daqa'iq al-ash'ar (The Free Man's Companion to the Subtleties of Poems) of Jajarmi](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/folio-from-a-mu-nis-al-ahrar-fi-daqa-iq-al-ash-ar-the-free-m-met-451404), Muhammad ibn Badr al-Din Jajarmi, dated 741 AH/1341 CE. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/manuscript-14/folio-from-a-mu-nis-al-ahrar-fi-daqa-iq-al-ash-ar-the-free-m-met-451404?hang=750)
5. ["Bahram Gur Hunting with Azada", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/bahram-gur-hunting-with-azada-folio-from-a-shahnama-book-of-met-451411), Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, dated 753 AH/1352 CE. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/manuscript-14/bahram-gur-hunting-with-azada-folio-from-a-shahnama-book-of-met-451411?hang=750)
6. [Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/folio-from-a-qur-an-manuscript-met-451203), Ahmad ibn al-Suhrawardi al-Bakri, dated 707 AH/1307–8 CE. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/manuscript-14/folio-from-a-qur-an-manuscript-met-451203?hang=750)

## Section 2, south wall

7. ["Gushtasp Slays the Rhino-Wolf", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/gushtasp-slays-the-rhino-wolf-folio-from-a-shahnama-book-of-met-452648), Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, ca. 1330–40. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/manuscript-14/gushtasp-slays-the-rhino-wolf-folio-from-a-shahnama-book-of-met-452648?hang=750)
8. ["The Elephant Clock", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-elephant-clock-folio-from-a-book-of-the-knowledge-of-ing-met-451402), Farrukh ibn \`Abd al-Latif, dated 715 AH/1315 CE. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/manuscript-14/the-elephant-clock-folio-from-a-book-of-the-knowledge-of-ing-met-451402?hang=750)
9. ["The Four Knights of Kai Khusrau in the Mountains", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-four-knights-of-kai-khusrau-in-the-mountains-folio-from-met-449107), Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, dated 741 AH/1341 CE. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/manuscript-14/the-four-knights-of-kai-khusrau-in-the-mountains-folio-from-met-449107?hang=750)

## Doors

- [More by Abu'l Qasim Firdausi](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/abu-l-qasim-firdausi?hang=750&via=continue) (10 works)
- [14th-century Persia](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/14-persia?hang=750&via=continue) (6 works)