File:Iran, Qazvin, Safavid Period, 16th Century - Nushirwan Listens to the Owls (recto)- Illustration and Text, Persian Verse - 1944.487.a - Cleveland Museum of Art.tif
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Nushirwan Listens to the Owls (recto): Illustration and Text, Persian Verses, from a Manuscript of the Khamsa of Nizami, Makhzan al-Asrar [Treasure of Secrets]
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Nushirwan Listens to the Owls (recto): Illustration and Text, Persian Verses, from a Manuscript of the Khamsa of Nizami, Makhzan al-Asrar [Treasure of Secrets] |
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This scene is from the Makhzan al-Ashrar, the first of the Quintet. Although more historically oriented than the following poems, it served more as a vehicle for moralizing tales than for historical events. In this scene Nushirwan asks the sage Buzurgmihr to explain what the owls perched on a ruined building are saying. He explains that one owl is offering the other as many ruined cities as he likes in exchange for his daughter's hand. He thus reproves Nushirwan for his love of conquest and war and the consequent destruction of many cities. |
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| Date | 1555 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Sheet: 32.7 x 21.8 cm (12 7/8 x 8 9/16 in.); Image: 20.3 x 12.7 cm (8 x 5 in.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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1944.487.a |
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| Place of creation | Iran, Qazvin, Safavid Period, 16th Century | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | https://clevelandart.org/art/1944.487.a | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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