Yazar
Iran
Basım Tarihi
1510 (915H)
Tür
Belge
Dil
Farsça
Dijital
Evet
Yazma
Evet
Fiziksel Boyutlar
349 mm x 211 mm (height x width)
Kütüphane
Chester Beatty
Kayıt Numarası
Per 182.311
Lokasyon
Persian collection
Tarih
1510 (915H)
Notlar
Iskandar learns he has been accepted by God as a prophet, on his deathbed, from the Five Poems (Khamsa) by Niẓāmī. The fifth poem in Niẓāmī’s Khamsa is the Book of Alexander (Iskandar nāma), which describes the life and career of the historic Alexander of Macedon (d. 323 BC), called Iskandar in Persian literary tradition. In the second section, Iskandar turned away from world conquest, and worked to develop wisdom and a better understanding of life. He met with philosophers to discuss these deeper ideas. Finally Iskandar reached a more spiritual sense of reality, and devoted himself to God. Here a divine messenger comes to Iskandar’s deathbed, to tell him God has accepted him as a Prophet. Folio, ink, colours and gold on paper, Persian text in nasta`liq script, with framed rubric (on recto) and painting (on verso), from the Book of Alexander (Iskandarnāma), in the Five Poems (Khamsa) by Niẓāmī Ganjavī (d. 1209), Iran, text copied by `Alī al-Kātib (final colophon in codex Per 182, fol. 331v), dated (codex Per 182, fol. 29v) Shawwal 915H, January 1510, painting c. 1550
Materyal
Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold
Nesne Adı
Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)