Introductory medallion (shamsa), from Bal`ami's History (Tarikh-i Bal`ami)

İsim	Introductory medallion (shamsa), from Bal`ami's History (Tarikh-i Bal`ami)
Basım Tarihi:	1470 (874H)
Tür	Belge
Dil	Belirlenmemiş dil
Dijital	Evet
Yazma	Evet
Fiziksel Boyutlar	351 mm x 240 mm (height x width)
Kütüphane:	Chester Beatty
Kayıt Numarası	Per 144.1
Lokasyon	Persian collection
Tarih	1470 (874H)
Notlar	Illuminated medallion (shamsa), from Bal`ami's History (Tarikh-i Bal`ami). This complex radiating design has a matching twin on the opposite page. Seen together, the pair of medallions occupy the book's first page-opening, and introduce a magnificent manuscript produced in Timurid Herat (Afghanistan). Formed of four radially-symmetrical quarters, each circular design features two layers of scrolling plant stems, painted in gold and jade green, against a deep blue ground. The medallion on the right has been salvaged from a slightly earlier manuscript, and has been pasted very subtly onto this page. The medallion on the left is a careful copy, made in 1470, along with the rest of this manuscript. Writing in late tenth-century Bukhara at the Samanid court of Mansur ibn Nuh (r. 961-976), the minister and historian Muhammad al-Bal`ami composed an important new work in Persian, translating and supplementing The History of the Prophets and Kings (Ta'rikh al-Rusul wa'l-Muluk, in Arabic) by the `Abbasid scholar Abu Ja`far Muhammad al-Tabari (d. 923). This illustrated copy of Bal`ami's history was produced in Timurid Herat, in the year 1470. Folio, colours and gold on paper, illuminated medallion (on verso), Herat, Afghanistan, dated Sha`ban 874H, February 1470. This is one of seven folios detached from its codex, which is also in the Chester Beatty Persian collection (Per 144).
Materyal	Paper (material), Pigment (material), Gold
Nesne Adı	Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)

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Introductory medallion (shamsa), from Bal`ami's History (Tarikh-i Bal`ami)

Basım Tarihi 1470 (874H)

Tür Belge

Dil Belirlenmemiş dil

Dijital Evet

Yazma Evet

Fiziksel Boyutlar 351 mm x 240 mm (height x width)

Kütüphane Chester Beatty

Kayıt Numarası Per 144.1

Lokasyon Persian collection

Tarih 1470 (874H)

Notlar Illuminated medallion (shamsa), from Bal`ami's History (Tarikh-i Bal`ami). This complex radiating design has a matching twin on the opposite page. Seen together, the pair of medallions occupy the book's first page-opening, and introduce a magnificent manuscript produced in Timurid Herat (Afghanistan). Formed of four radially-symmetrical quarters, each circular design features two layers of scrolling plant stems, painted in gold and jade green, against a deep blue ground. The medallion on the right has been salvaged from a slightly earlier manuscript, and has been pasted very subtly onto this page. The medallion on the left is a careful copy, made in 1470, along with the rest of this manuscript. Writing in late tenth-century Bukhara at the Samanid court of Mansur ibn Nuh (r. 961-976), the minister and historian Muhammad al-Bal`ami composed an important new work in Persian, translating and supplementing The History of the Prophets and Kings (Ta'rikh al-Rusul wa'l-Muluk, in Arabic) by the `Abbasid scholar Abu Ja`far Muhammad al-Tabari (d. 923). This illustrated copy of Bal`ami's history was produced in Timurid Herat, in the year 1470. Folio, colours and gold on paper, illuminated medallion (on verso), Herat, Afghanistan, dated Sha`ban 874H, February 1470. This is one of seven folios detached from its codex, which is also in the Chester Beatty Persian collection (Per 144).

Materyal Paper (material), Pigment (material), Gold

Nesne Adı Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)