Text Page, Persian Prose (recto); The Story of Adam peace upon him, his Sons and Progeny (verso)
Unknown Artist
c. 1425
Medium
ink and opaque watercolor on paper
Dimensions
42 × 32 cm · text area: 34.5 × 22.7 cm
Classification
Manuscript
Department
Islamic Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Accession Number
1945.384
About this artwork
These two pages are from a manuscript that evidently was written and illustrated for the library (at Herat) of the Timurid king Shah Rukh, the son of Timur (Tamerlane). The Majma' al-Tawarikh traced the history of the world, beginning with the prophets of the Old Testament until the reign of Shah Rukh.