Renaissance at the Cleveland Museum of Art
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The fourth man digs at the spot where he dropped the shell, expecting jewels, but discovering mere iron, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-seventh Night
Birds and Flowers
Virgin and Child in a Landscape
The prince meets a carefree dancing dervish whose good fortune he purchases for his ring, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighteenth Night
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirty-first night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
Text, Folio 32 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
The prince being taken away for execution on the false complaint of the handmaiden, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
Eagles
Virgin and Child with Saints and Donors
Indra Venerates the Embryo of Mahavira, Folio 7 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
Moonlit Landscape
A female figure standing in a landscape holding a four-stringed “khuuchir” and a lotus
Text, Folio 20 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Mahrusa’s marriage to the prefect of the city, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-sixth Night
Birth of Mahavira, folio 40 (verso) from a Kalpa-sutra
Landscape in the Style of Juran
The king of the Ocean, having assumed human form, arrives at the court of the Raja, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eleventh Night
Adoration of the Shepherds
Tarquinius Priscus Entering Rome
A traveler persuades Lorik to return home (top); Chanda objects (bottom), from a Chandayana (Story of Chanda)
The old man eats of the fruit of the Tree of Life, but drops dead, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Ninth Night
The Baptism of Christ
The young man of Baghdad joins the Hashimi’s boat as a sailor to find his slave-girl on board, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-eighth Night
Text, folio 60 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra
The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the fifty-second night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifty-second Night
The wife of the son of the vizier brings the magic wooden parrot to her lover, the monk, who exchanges it for the replica, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Tenth Night
Ducks under Reeds
The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Twenty-ninth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)
Text, Folio 63 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
The handmaiden appeals for justice and the prince is taken to the execution site for the fourth time, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
Mandala of Chakrasamvara and Vajravarahi
King Siddhartha and Queen Trishala with the Dream Interpreters, Folio 25 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra
Mt. Taibo in the Style of Wang Meng
Layla and Majnun in the wilderness with animals, from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi
The Raja of Ujjain, who is traveling in the guise of a yogi, meets two brothers who ask him to equitably partition their father’s possession, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-sixth Night
Text, Folio 10 (verso), from a Kalpa-sutra