File:Clevelandart 1983.1115.jpg
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Summary
Persian Quatrains (Rubayi) and Calligraphic Exercises (recto); Persian Verse (khamriyya) (verso)
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| Title |
Persian Quatrains (Rubayi) and Calligraphic Exercises (recto); Persian Verse (khamriyya) (verso) |
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| Description |
This page contains two quatrains—poems made up of four lines. The diagonally written text in the center of the page is a poem addressed to a ruler, expressing hope for his success and the downfall of his enemies. The second poem is split between the horizontal panels at the top and bottom of the page. This quatrain praises the beauty of the writer’s beloved, saying that “her moonlike face can steal away a hundred besotted hearts.” At the right are calligraphic exercises displaying letters of the alphabet and the virtuoso skill of the calligrapher Sultan Muhammad Khandan, who signed the page in the triangle at the lower left of the inner text block. |
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| Date | 1500 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | Ink, gold, and opaque watercolor on paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Islamic Art |
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| Accession number |
1983.111 |
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| Place of creation | Afghanistan, Herat, Safavid period (1501-1722) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Gift of Mrs. Mehmed A. Simsar in memory of Dr. Mehmed A. Simsar | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | https://clevelandart.org/art/1983.1115 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Licensing
 
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This file is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. |
| The person who associated a work with this deed has dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of their rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.
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This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project with the Cleveland Museum of Art. See the Open Access at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
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| current | 06:02, 22 January 2019 | | 2,478 × 3,400 (2.63 MB) | Madreiling | pattypan 18.02 |
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