Illuminated opening page (folio 1 verso) and 131 folios with Persian text, from a Mirror of Holiness (Mir’at al-quds) of Father Jerome Xavier
1602–4; margins added with rebinding, about 1900
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https://clevelandart.org/art/2005.145.1.b
The opening page of this Christian manuscript is ornamented in the manner of books made for elite Islamic patrons. Using costly pigments made from the semiprecious blue stone called lapis lazuli and gold paint, the artists created contrasting ground colors to set off delicate...
Manuscript
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Terms
Technique
Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Genre
Manuscript
Department
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
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