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Manuscripts

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, by Muhammad ibn Badr al-Din Jajarmi, dated 741 AH/1341 CE
Royal Reception in a Landscape, left folio from the double frontispiece of a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 940–1019 or 1025), 1444
Text Page, Persian Prose (recto); The Story of Adam peace upon him, his Sons and Progeny (verso), c. 1425
Jesus writes on the ground (folio 130 verso), from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of Father Jerome Xavier, 1602–4
"Preparing Medicine from Honey", from a Dispersed Manuscript of an Arabic Translation of De Materia Medica of Dioscorides, by 'Abdullah ibn al-Fadl, dated 621 AH/1224 CE
"Rosette Bearing the Names and Titles of Shah Jahan", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album, recto: ca. 1645; verso: ca. 1630–40

The works in this room are listed below.

Works in this room

Every one of the collection's manuscripts, in today's hang.

Section 1, north wall

  1. 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, by Muhammad ibn Badr al-Din Jajarmi, dated 741 AH/1341 CE
    Folio from a Mu'nis al-ahrar fi daqa'iq al-ash'ar (The Free Man's Companion to the Subtleties of Poems) of JajarmiMuhammad ibn Badr al-Din Jajarmi, dated 741 AH/1341 CECourtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. Royal Reception in a Landscape, left folio from the double frontispiece of a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 940–1019 or 1025), 1444
    Royal Reception in a Landscape, left folio from the double frontispiece of a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 940–1019 or 1025)Unrecorded Persian maker, 1444Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  3. Text Page, Persian Prose (recto); The Story of Adam peace upon him, his Sons and Progeny (verso), c. 1425
    Text Page, Persian Prose (recto); The Story of Adam peace upon him, his Sons and Progeny (verso)Unrecorded Persian maker, c. 1425Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art

Section 1, south wall

  1. Jesus writes on the ground (folio 130 verso), from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of Father Jerome Xavier, 1602–4
    Jesus writes on the ground (folio 130 verso), from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of Father Jerome XavierUnrecorded Indian maker, 1602–4Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  2. "Preparing Medicine from Honey", from a Dispersed Manuscript of an Arabic Translation of De Materia Medica of Dioscorides, by 'Abdullah ibn al-Fadl, dated 621 AH/1224 CE
    "Preparing Medicine from Honey", from a Dispersed Manuscript of an Arabic Translation of De Materia Medica of Dioscorides'Abdullah ibn al-Fadl, dated 621 AH/1224 CECourtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  3. "Rosette Bearing the Names and Titles of Shah Jahan", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album, recto: ca. 1645; verso: ca. 1630–40
    "Rosette Bearing the Names and Titles of Shah Jahan", Folio from the Shah Jahan AlbumUnrecorded maker, recto: ca. 1645; verso: ca. 1630–40Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Section 2, south wall

  1. "A Ruffian Spares the Life of a Poor Man", Folio 4v from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds), by Farid al-Din `Attar, ca. 1600
    "A Ruffian Spares the Life of a Poor Man", Folio 4v from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)Farid al-Din `Attar, ca. 1600Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. Opening Folio of the 26th Volume of the "Anonymous Baghdad Qur'an", by Ahmad ibn al-Suhrawardi al-Bakri, 706 AH/1306–7 CE
    Opening Folio of the 26th Volume of the "Anonymous Baghdad Qur'an"Ahmad ibn al-Suhrawardi al-Bakri, 706 AH/1306–7 CECourtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  3. "Bahram Gur Hunting with Azada", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings), by Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, dated 753 AH/1352 CE
    "Bahram Gur Hunting with Azada", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, dated 753 AH/1352 CECourtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Section 2, north wall

  1. "Muhammad's Call to Prophecy and the First Revelation", Folio from a Majma' al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Histories), by Hafiz-i Abru, ca. 1425
    "Muhammad's Call to Prophecy and the First Revelation", Folio from a Majma' al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Histories)Hafiz-i Abru, ca. 1425Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. "Bahram Gur Pins the Coupling Onagers", Folio 568r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp, by Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, ca. 1530–35
    "Bahram Gur Pins the Coupling Onagers", Folio 568r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah TahmaspAbu'l Qasim Firdausi, ca. 1530–35Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Section 3, north wall

  1. Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript, late 9th–early 10th century
    Folio from a Qur'an ManuscriptUnrecorded maker, late 9th–early 10th centuryCourtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. "Dancing Dervishes", Folio from a Divan of Hafiz, by Hafiz, ca. 1480
    "Dancing Dervishes", Folio from a Divan of HafizHafiz, ca. 1480Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  3. "The Concourse of the Birds", Folio 11r from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds), by Habiballah of Sava, ca. 1600
    "The Concourse of the Birds", Folio 11r from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)Habiballah of Sava, ca. 1600Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Section 3, south wall

  1. "Shaikh San'an and the Christian Maiden", Folio 22v from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds), by Farid al-Din `Attar, ca. 1600
    "Shaikh San'an and the Christian Maiden", Folio 22v from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)Farid al-Din `Attar, ca. 1600Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. The Annunciation (folio 15 recto), from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of Father Jerome Xavier, 1602–4
    The Annunciation (folio 15 recto), from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of Father Jerome XavierUnrecorded Indian maker, 1602–4Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art