Shahnama

Name: Shahnama
Author: Firdausi

İsim	Shahnama
Yazar	Firdausi
Tür	Belge
Dil	Farsça
Dijital	Evet
Yazma	Evet
Sayfa Sayısı	12
Fiziksel Boyutlar	424 ff. Codex. Defective at end.
Kütüphane:	Cambridge Dijital Kütüphanesi
Kayıt Numarası	MS-STPETNLR-DORN-00331
Lokasyon	National Library of Russia — National Library of Russia Dorn 331
Tarih	Gregorian: 16th/Ch2.-1599-1500
Notlar	This manuscript came to St Petersburg from the Ardabil collection, bearing Shah ‘Abbas’s vaqf inscription and imprint with the date 1017/1608-1609, and an inscription with the date 1177/1799. Several seals on f. 1r.It has 424 folios, almost the full copy but defective at the end and without a colophon; the date is 16th century. There are several conflicting paginations, one of which, namely the pencil foliation top left hand corner is followed. Also, there is a great range in the width of the paper, 230-245mm, making it impossible to give a consistent figure.The text in small calligraphic nasta‘liq in Indian ink, headings in the same script but larger in red, blue and gold.The condition is not good, with a lot of torn places on the margins and which is especially disappointing in respect to the paintings. There is a sheet with a note about the necessity to restore the manuscript due to the falling out folios and bad condition of miniatures. The note is dated to 20 January 1986. There was a slight restoration in the East of the torn places on margins. Partly remargined during restoration. The manuscript seems to preserve its natural size – with very wide margins, approximately top: 63mm, side: 75mm, bottom: 75mm, so that the edges of the folios are quite frayed.Paper is Oriental without any filigree, even vergures, quite glossy, thin and creamy yellowed.Binding seems very simple: the exterior sides of the covers are of plain dark brown leather mounted on thick cardboard, which makes a contrast to the interior parts of the binding, which are covered with the thin dark cherry leather, decorated in the luxurious technique of gild filigree. The neatest cut gold ornament of floral design was glued over the blue paper of the central big almond shaped medallion as well as of the two smaller ones of the lotus shape on top and bottom of the central one and in the four corners of the cover. The same shape and design of the filigree decoration was used for the flap, which is now detached and preserved separately in the folder with the manuscript, but instead of the paper, seen through the patterns pieces of light grass green cloth were used. The edge of the flap is decorated with three deep cartouches of floral ornament, stamped with gold. The condition of the outer covers is not good: it is badly torn on edges and corners, so that the cardboard filling started to crack into pieces.The text starts on f. 1v with the prose introduction (ff. 1v-6r) with the normative incipit:Sipas-u afarin-i khuday-ra ki in jahan-u an jahan…The satire on Mahmud contains 64 baits (ff. 3v-4r).The poem starts on f. 6v with the normative incipit.There are several interpolations:about Jamshid and the daughter of Kurang shah (ff. 9v-14r); Garshaspnama (ff. 57v-82v); Karatusnama (ff.93v-99r) – about the fight of Kava with Karatus; Sam Nariman with Karatus, Samnama (ff.100r-145r); Barzunama (ff. 303r-345v).Explicit:Buzurgan bar khandand afarin / kih ma-ra tu-yi afarin tigh…Illuminations: F.1v contains an ‘unvan in blue, red and gold with small details in white and green: quite modest in size and general decoration. F.6v has a very good ‘unvan of a very neat and elegant work in blue, matt and shiny gold and red with the floral ornamental details in white, turquoise green and orange with black tints. The text is enclosed in frames of terracotta brown, green, gold, light and dark blue lines.The miniatures are of high quality, bright paints, rather sophisticated composition, figures are rather huge in comparison with the size of the miniatures in general. Of special interest are the illustrations of the interpolations.
Bibliyografya	Tourkin, S., Personal notes, .Norgren, J. & Davis, E., Preliminary index of Shah-nameh illustrations, Ann Arbor, 1969.
Süsleme	Garshasp pulls out the teeth of the divScene Title:Scene from the GarshaspnamaFolio number: 049rNotes: Garshasp pulls out the teeth of the div.Location in text:Mohl -2c, Garshaspnama, first line: None, break line before: None, break line after: None, last line: None.Tur and Salm Slay IrajScene Title:The murder of IrajFolio number: 087vNotes: Reproduced in O. Vasilyeva and O. Yastrebova, Firdausi's "Shahnama". Timeless work of genius (St. Petersburg, 2015), p. 45, fig. 8.Location in text:Mohl 6, Faridun (500 years), first line: 523, break line before: 531, break line after: 532.0, last line: 536.Bertels 6, Faridun (898), first line: 407.0, break line before: 413.0, break line after: 414.0, last line: 536.Sam battles divsScene Title:Scene from the SamnamaFolio number: 112rLocation in text:Mohl -2, Other epics, first line: None, break line before: None, break line after: None, last line: None.The Simurgh brings Zal to SamFolio number: 146rNotes: The picture is placed in the text before the scene it depicts; here, Rustam is asking the Simurgh to return Zal.Location in text:Mohl 7, Manuchihr (120 years), first line: 145, break line before: 147, break line after: 148.0, last line: 150.Rustam's seventh labour: he kills the White DivFolio number: 177vLocation in text:Mohl 12, Kay Kavus (150 years), first line: 606, break line before: 619, break line after: 620.0, last line: 634.Bertels 12, Kay Ka'us - Mazandaran (918), first line: 575.0, break line before: 587.0, break line after: 588.0, last line: 634.Kay Kavus airborneFolio number: 186rLocation in text:Mohl 12b, Kay Kavus fights the King of Hamavaran, first line: 465, break line before: 471, break line after: 472.0, last line: 481.Bertels 13, Kay Ka'us - Hamavaran (624), first line: 396.0, break line before: 402.0, break line after: 403.0, last line: 481.Rustam mourns SuhrabScene Title:Rustam discovers Suhrab's identityFolio number: 200rLocation in text:Mohl 12c, Suhrab, first line: 1150, break line before: 1163, break line after: 1152.0, last line: 1177.Bertels 14, Kay Ka'us - Rustam and Suhrab (1059), first line: 888.0, break line before: 899.0, break line after: 890.0, last line: 1177.The fire ordeal of SiyavushFolio number: 207vLocation in text:Mohl 12d, Siyavush, first line: 518, break line before: 528, break line after: None, last line: 543.Ruhham subdues Bazur the Turanian wizardScene Title:Ruhham overcomes Bazur the Turanian wizardFolio number: 260vLocation in text:Mohl 13b, Kamus-i Kashani, first line: 360, break line before: 360, break line after: 362.0, last line: 361.Bertels 17, Kamus-i Kashani (1472), first line: 349.0, break line before: 349.0, break line after: 351.0, last line: 361.Rustam kills Ashkabus and his horseFolio number: 271vLocation in text:Mohl 13b, Kamus-i Kashani, first line: 1411, break line before: 1419, break line after: 1418.0, last line: 1424.Bertels 17, Kamus-i Kashani (1472), first line: 1295.0, break line before: 1303.0, break line after: 1302.0, last line: 1424.Bizhan kills HumanScene Title:Bizhan brings Human's head back to the Iranian forcesFolio number: 353rLocation in text:Mohl 13f, The Twelve Rukhs, first line: 812, break line before: 815, break line after: 816.0, last line: 817.Bertels 21, The twelve Rukhs (2518), first line: 799.0, break line before: 802.0, break line after: 803.0, last line: 817.Kay Khusrau kills Afrasiyab while Garsivaz watchesScene Title:The execution of AfrasiyabFolio number: 393rLocation in text:Mohl 13g, The Great War between Kay Khusrau and Afrasiyab, first line: 2405, break line before: 2407, break line after: 2409.0, last line: 2410.Bertels 22, Kay Khusrau - The great war (3107), first line: 2351.0, break line before: 2353.0, break line after: 2355.0, last line: 2410.Sample pageFolio number: 363v
Mizanpaj	4 columns. 25 rows. Leaf height: 385 mm, width: 245 mm. Written height: 238 mm, width: 138 mm.
Menşei Yeri	Iran
Köken (Provenance)	Ex Ardabil collection. Vaqf inscription and imprint with the date 1017/1608-1609 and inscription with the date 1177/1799.
Yazı Tipi	Nasta'liq.
Yüzyıl 1	1500s C.E.
Oluşturma Tarihi (Bağlantı Türü)	keyword search
Oluşturma Türü	creation
Yıl (Bitiş)	1599
Yıl (Başlangıç)	1500
Görüntü Hakları (Görüntüleme)	Zooming image © The National Library of Russia.
Görüntü Hakları (İndirme)	Images made available for download are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 Unported License (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Dil Kodu 1	per
Dil 1	Persian
Metadata Hakları	This metadata is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 Unported License.
Küçük Resim Yönü	portrait
Filigran Beyanı	© The National Library of Russia (CC BY-NC 4.0)

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Shahnama

Yazar Firdausi

Tür Belge

Dil Farsça

Dijital Evet

Yazma Evet

Sayfa Sayısı 12

Fiziksel Boyutlar 424 ff. Codex. Defective at end.

Kütüphane Cambridge Dijital Kütüphanesi

Kayıt Numarası MS-STPETNLR-DORN-00331

Lokasyon National Library of Russia — National Library of Russia Dorn 331

Tarih Gregorian: 16th/Ch2.-1599-1500

Notlar This manuscript came to St Petersburg from the Ardabil collection, bearing Shah ‘Abbas’s vaqf inscription and imprint with the date 1017/1608-1609, and an inscription with the date 1177/1799. Several seals on f. 1r.It has 424 folios, almost the full copy but defective at the end and without a colophon; the date is 16th century. There are several conflicting paginations, one of which, namely the pencil foliation top left hand corner is followed. Also, there is a great range in the width of the paper, 230-245mm, making it impossible to give a consistent figure.The text in small calligraphic nasta‘liq in Indian ink, headings in the same script but larger in red, blue and gold.The condition is not good, with a lot of torn places on the margins and which is especially disappointing in respect to the paintings. There is a sheet with a note about the necessity to restore the manuscript due to the falling out folios and bad condition of miniatures. The note is dated to 20 January 1986. There was a slight restoration in the East of the torn places on margins. Partly remargined during restoration. The manuscript seems to preserve its natural size – with very wide margins, approximately top: 63mm, side: 75mm, bottom: 75mm, so that the edges of the folios are quite frayed.Paper is Oriental without any filigree, even vergures, quite glossy, thin and creamy yellowed.Binding seems very simple: the exterior sides of the covers are of plain dark brown leather mounted on thick cardboard, which makes a contrast to the interior parts of the binding, which are covered with the thin dark cherry leather, decorated in the luxurious technique of gild filigree. The neatest cut gold ornament of floral design was glued over the blue paper of the central big almond shaped medallion as well as of the two smaller ones of the lotus shape on top and bottom of the central one and in the four corners of the cover. The same shape and design of the filigree decoration was used for the flap, which is now detached and preserved separately in the folder with the manuscript, but instead of the paper, seen through the patterns pieces of light grass green cloth were used. The edge of the flap is decorated with three deep cartouches of floral ornament, stamped with gold. The condition of the outer covers is not good: it is badly torn on edges and corners, so that the cardboard filling started to crack into pieces.The text starts on f. 1v with the prose introduction (ff. 1v-6r) with the normative incipit:Sipas-u afarin-i khuday-ra ki in jahan-u an jahan…The satire on Mahmud contains 64 baits (ff. 3v-4r).The poem starts on f. 6v with the normative incipit.There are several interpolations:about Jamshid and the daughter of Kurang shah (ff. 9v-14r); Garshaspnama (ff. 57v-82v); Karatusnama (ff.93v-99r) – about the fight of Kava with Karatus; Sam Nariman with Karatus, Samnama (ff.100r-145r); Barzunama (ff. 303r-345v).Explicit:Buzurgan bar khandand afarin / kih ma-ra tu-yi afarin tigh…Illuminations: F.1v contains an ‘unvan in blue, red and gold with small details in white and green: quite modest in size and general decoration. F.6v has a very good ‘unvan of a very neat and elegant work in blue, matt and shiny gold and red with the floral ornamental details in white, turquoise green and orange with black tints. The text is enclosed in frames of terracotta brown, green, gold, light and dark blue lines.The miniatures are of high quality, bright paints, rather sophisticated composition, figures are rather huge in comparison with the size of the miniatures in general. Of special interest are the illustrations of the interpolations.

Bibliyografya Tourkin, S., Personal notes, .Norgren, J. & Davis, E., Preliminary index of Shah-nameh illustrations, Ann Arbor, 1969.

Süsleme Garshasp pulls out the teeth of the divScene Title:Scene from the GarshaspnamaFolio number: 049rNotes: Garshasp pulls out the teeth of the div.Location in text:Mohl -2c, Garshaspnama, first line: None, break line before: None, break line after: None, last line: None.Tur and Salm Slay IrajScene Title:The murder of IrajFolio number: 087vNotes: Reproduced in O. Vasilyeva and O. Yastrebova, Firdausi's "Shahnama". Timeless work of genius (St. Petersburg, 2015), p. 45, fig. 8.Location in text:Mohl 6, Faridun (500 years), first line: 523, break line before: 531, break line after: 532.0, last line: 536.Bertels 6, Faridun (898), first line: 407.0, break line before: 413.0, break line after: 414.0, last line: 536.Sam battles divsScene Title:Scene from the SamnamaFolio number: 112rLocation in text:Mohl -2, Other epics, first line: None, break line before: None, break line after: None, last line: None.The Simurgh brings Zal to SamFolio number: 146rNotes: The picture is placed in the text before the scene it depicts; here, Rustam is asking the Simurgh to return Zal.Location in text:Mohl 7, Manuchihr (120 years), first line: 145, break line before: 147, break line after: 148.0, last line: 150.Rustam's seventh labour: he kills the White DivFolio number: 177vLocation in text:Mohl 12, Kay Kavus (150 years), first line: 606, break line before: 619, break line after: 620.0, last line: 634.Bertels 12, Kay Ka'us - Mazandaran (918), first line: 575.0, break line before: 587.0, break line after: 588.0, last line: 634.Kay Kavus airborneFolio number: 186rLocation in text:Mohl 12b, Kay Kavus fights the King of Hamavaran, first line: 465, break line before: 471, break line after: 472.0, last line: 481.Bertels 13, Kay Ka'us - Hamavaran (624), first line: 396.0, break line before: 402.0, break line after: 403.0, last line: 481.Rustam mourns SuhrabScene Title:Rustam discovers Suhrab's identityFolio number: 200rLocation in text:Mohl 12c, Suhrab, first line: 1150, break line before: 1163, break line after: 1152.0, last line: 1177.Bertels 14, Kay Ka'us - Rustam and Suhrab (1059), first line: 888.0, break line before: 899.0, break line after: 890.0, last line: 1177.The fire ordeal of SiyavushFolio number: 207vLocation in text:Mohl 12d, Siyavush, first line: 518, break line before: 528, break line after: None, last line: 543.Ruhham subdues Bazur the Turanian wizardScene Title:Ruhham overcomes Bazur the Turanian wizardFolio number: 260vLocation in text:Mohl 13b, Kamus-i Kashani, first line: 360, break line before: 360, break line after: 362.0, last line: 361.Bertels 17, Kamus-i Kashani (1472), first line: 349.0, break line before: 349.0, break line after: 351.0, last line: 361.Rustam kills Ashkabus and his horseFolio number: 271vLocation in text:Mohl 13b, Kamus-i Kashani, first line: 1411, break line before: 1419, break line after: 1418.0, last line: 1424.Bertels 17, Kamus-i Kashani (1472), first line: 1295.0, break line before: 1303.0, break line after: 1302.0, last line: 1424.Bizhan kills HumanScene Title:Bizhan brings Human's head back to the Iranian forcesFolio number: 353rLocation in text:Mohl 13f, The Twelve Rukhs, first line: 812, break line before: 815, break line after: 816.0, last line: 817.Bertels 21, The twelve Rukhs (2518), first line: 799.0, break line before: 802.0, break line after: 803.0, last line: 817.Kay Khusrau kills Afrasiyab while Garsivaz watchesScene Title:The execution of AfrasiyabFolio number: 393rLocation in text:Mohl 13g, The Great War between Kay Khusrau and Afrasiyab, first line: 2405, break line before: 2407, break line after: 2409.0, last line: 2410.Bertels 22, Kay Khusrau - The great war (3107), first line: 2351.0, break line before: 2353.0, break line after: 2355.0, last line: 2410.Sample pageFolio number: 363v

Mizanpaj 4 columns. 25 rows. Leaf height: 385 mm, width: 245 mm. Written height: 238 mm, width: 138 mm.

Menşei Yeri Iran

Köken (Provenance) Ex Ardabil collection. Vaqf inscription and imprint with the date 1017/1608-1609 and inscription with the date 1177/1799.

Yazı Tipi Nasta'liq.

Yüzyıl 1 1500s C.E.

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Oluşturma Türü creation

Yıl (Bitiş) 1599

Yıl (Başlangıç) 1500

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