Shahnama

Name: Shahnama
Author: Firdausi

İsim	Shahnama
Yazar	Firdausi
Tür	Belge
Dil	Farsça
Dijital	Evet
Yazma	Evet
Sayfa Sayısı	15
Fiziksel Boyutlar	559 ff. Codex. Complete.
Kütüphane:	Cambridge Dijital Kütüphanesi
Kayıt Numarası	MS-ADD-00269-SP
Lokasyon	University Library — University Library Add 269
Tarih	Gregorian: 1580/Yca/---/--.-1580-1580
Notlar	The record is to be improved in terms of the colour value of the images, which were taken before the manuscript was restored.Provenance: in the beginning of the 19th century the manuscript was acquired probably straight from the Library of East India House: on f.1r there is an ex libris of the Library, signed by Chas Wilkins, Librarian on 15 August 1806, Academiae Cantabrigiensis.F.1v contains a characteristic drop-shaped Golkonda seal-mark which appears to be that of Muhammad [Quli] Qutbshah (988-1020 AH) with the date 1012/1603-4 and a later Persian inscription dated 1019/1610-11.Date: there is no indication when the manuscript was finished. The formal colophon states only: tamam shud kitab-i Shahnama hakim-i Firdausi-yi Tusi alaihi al-rahmat wa ghufran (‘The book of the Shahnama by Hakim Firdausi Tusi, mercy and forgiveness be upon him, has been finished’), which means that no other information regarding the place of completion, the name of the calligrapher himself, etc. is available. E.G. Browne suggested the 16th - early 17th century as a possible date; the attribution supported by Sheila Canby.Text status: Almost full copy, missing the beginning of the prose introduction (not more than one page).Ff.2v-3r have luxuriously executed double carpet page shamsas in gold and polychrome.Ff. 3r-16r contain the prose introduction (the Baysunghur version), which starts with the regular incipit: iftitah-i sukhan an bih ki kunand ahl-i kamal…F.2v has a dedication/ex libris of a royal library, which is almost illegible due to the polychrome arabesque ornament, decorating the inscription.The satire on Mahmud is of average length and standard incipit (ff. 12v-13v).F.3v has a regular incipit, opening with the bait: Faridun khurshid-i Jamshid-ishan…, which is the continuation of the Baysunghur preface, but with the gap of about one page after the explicit of the previous page.Poem starts on f.16v with the normative incipit, below the unvan, executed in a contrasting palette of blue, dark ultramarine blue, lilac-pink, yellow, red, black, white and gold.List of kings is missing.Explicit of the poem is (f.559r): Har an kas ki darad hush-u ra-yi dinPas az marg-i man kunad afarinPhysical description:559 folios. Text written in 4 columns, 25 lines, in Indian ink. Headings in white or varicoloured nasta‘liq are enclosed in rectangular frames filled in with the neat floral design in polychrome. Text field is divided into four columns by frames in red, yellow, black, brown and gold.Condition: MS slightly suffered from wet, especially the first part of the MS. Some paints of the miniatures are missing.This manuscript was in a very fragile condition and was not accessible during the winter 1999-2000; in the late 2002 it was sent to the Conservation Department of the UL and went through a thorough restoration and conservation by Kristine Rose and Deborah Farndell, as described in K. Rose, "The conservation of Islamic manuscript material at Cambridge University Library, with particular reference to Ms. Add. 269...", pp. 277-86.Paper Oriental creamy, thin, slightly glossy.Binding of multi-coloured leather, with guilded medallions and ornations. The spine was a later addition during the restoration in the 19th century.Illuminations and illustrations: The manuscript is richly illuminated. Margins are usually decorated with feathery large blossoms in gold, sometimes the design includes besides floral and herbal details animalistic ornamentation with large birds and deer in gold.13 miniatures by at least two artists, 2 of them, the full-page frontispieces (‘Sulayman enthroned’ and ‘Bilqis enthroned’) were executed by Artist A. The other 11 paintings of good quality and excellent condition were produced by Artist B in the mid-Safavid period.The choice of the executed miniatures seems quite odd: the most popular subjects (see Mehran, 1998), like “Rustam kills the White Div”, “Rustam kills Suhrab”, the “Fire ordeal of Siyavush”, “Rustam, slaying Ashkabus and his horse”, “Rustam shoots Isfandiyar” and several others are missing.(FA)
İlişkili Ad(lar)	Painter A; Painter B; Painter b; Artist B
Bibliyografya	Browne, E.G., A catalogue of the Persian manuscripts in the library of the University of Cambridge, Cambridge, 1896.Mehran, F., Student, Neufchatel, 1998.Rose, K., 'Ms', in Shahnama Studies I, Melville, Ch. (ed.), Cambridge, 2006.Browne, E.G., A catalogue of the Persian manuscripts in the library of the University of Cambridge, Cambridge, 1896.
Süsleme	Sulayman enthronedScene Title:Sulayman enthroned (frontispiece)Folio number: 001vPainter:Painter ALocation in text:Mohl -1c, Frontispieces and Finispieces, first line: None, break line before: None, break line after: None, last line: None.Bilqis enthronedScene Title:Bilqis enthroned (frontispiece)Folio number: 002rPainter:Painter ALocation in text:Mohl -1c, Frontispieces and Finispieces, first line: None, break line before: None, break line after: None, last line: None.Kayumars enthronedFolio number: 019rPainter:Painter BNotes: This painting was exhibited in the Shahnama millennial exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum, see Brend and Melville, pp. 60-61 (no. 3), where it is attributed to Qazvin or Mashhad. Location in text:Mohl 1, Kayumars (30 years), first line: 21, break line before: 28, break line after: 29.0, last line: 34.Bertels 1, Kayumars (72), first line: 20.0, break line before: 27.0, break line after: 28.0, last line: 34.Khaleghi-Motlagh 1, Kayumars (70), first line: 18.0, break line before: 25.0, break line after: 26.0, last line: 31.0.Guruy executes SiyavushFolio number: 102rPainter:Painter BLocation in text:Mohl 12d, Siyavush, first line: None, break line before: 2508, break line after: 2509.0, last line: 2518.Kay Khusrau sends Tus to fight AfrasiyabScene Title:Kay Khusrau appoints Tus to lead an expedition to TuranFolio number: 127rPainter:Painter BLocation in text:Mohl 13, Kay Khusrau (60 years), first line: None, break line before: 399, break line after: 400.0, last line: 406.Kamus fights Giv and TusFolio number: 154vLocation in text:Mohl 13b, Kamus-i Kashani, first line: 1207, break line before: 1210, break line after: 1211.0, last line: 1215.Bertels 17, Kamus-i Kashani (1472), first line: 1097.0, break line before: 1100.0, break line after: 1101.0, last line: 1215.Khaleghi-Motlagh 20, Kamus-i Kashani (2881), first line: 1102.0, break line before: 1105.0, break line after: 1106.0, last line: 1109.0.The battle between the armies of Kay Khusrau and AfrasiyabScene Title:A full scale battle between the armies of Iran and TuranFolio number: 178vPainter:Painter BNotes: This scene comes out of order in the ms; it should follow, not precede, the next. This is the long battle scene after the death of Shida, culminating in the flight of Afrasiyab.Location in text:Mohl 13g, The Great War between Kay Khusrau and Afrasiyab, first line: 779, break line before: 787, break line after: 788.0, last line: 792.Bertels 22, Kay Khusrau - The great war (3107), first line: 757.0, break line before: 765.0, break line after: 766.0, last line: 792.Khaleghi-Motlagh 24, The great war of Kay Khusraw (3141), first line: 762.0, break line before: 770.0, break line after: 771.0, last line: 775.0.Rustam rescues Bizhan from the pitTitle (Persian): 1174Folio number: 219vPainter:Painter BNotes: The picture should come before the previous battle scene: the folios are evidently disturbed here.Location in text:Mohl 13e, Bizhan and Manizha, first line: 1174, break line before: 1177, break line after: 1178.0, last line: 1178.Piran escapes from Gudarz up the mountainsideFolio number: 246vPainter:Painter BLocation in text:Mohl 13f, The Twelve Rukhs, first line: 2035, break line before: 2036, break line after: 2038.0, last line: None.Luhrasp enthronedFolio number: 275rPainter:Painter BLocation in text:Mohl 14, Luhrasp (120 years), first line: 3186, break line before: 2, break line after: 3.0, last line: 8.Bertels 23, Luhrasp (901), first line: 3104.0, break line before: 2.0, break line after: 3.0, last line: 8.Khaleghi-Motlagh 25, Luhrasp (913), first line: 3131.0, break line before: 13.0, break line after: 14.0, last line: 20.0.Isfandiyar's second labour: he fights the lionsFolio number: 302rPainter:Painter bNotes: Although the scene concerns Isfandiyar, the iconography of the painting recalls Bahram Gur winning the throne by killing two lions.Location in text:Mohl 15, Gushtasp (120 years), first line: 1654, break line before: 1657, break line after: 1658.0, last line: 1661.Bertels 26, Gushtasp - Haft Khwan-i Isfandiyar (849), first line: 117.0, break line before: 120.0, break line after: 121.0, last line: 1661.Khaleghi-Motlagh 27, Haft khwan-i Isfandiyar (849), first line: 115.0, break line before: 118.0, break line after: 119.0, last line: 122.0.Rustam kills Shaghad before dyingFolio number: 337rPainter:Painter BLocation in text:Mohl 15, Gushtasp (120 years), first line: 4265, break line before: 4270, break line after: 4271.0, last line: None.Bahram Gur kills a DragonScene Title:Bahram Gur kills a dragon in IndiaFolio number: 423rPainter:Artist BNotes: Rreproduced in Kristine Rose,"The conservation..", fig. 2.Location in text:Mohl 35, Bahram Gur (1) (63 years), first line: 462, break line before: 466, break line after: 467.0, last line: 472.Bertels 48, Bahram Gur (2593), first line: 2144.0, break line before: 2148.0, break line after: 2149.0, last line: 472.Sample pageFolio number: 18vColophonFolio number: 559r
Mizanpaj	4 columns. 25 rows. Leaf height: 368 mm, width: 232 mm. Written height: 239 mm, width: 125 mm.
Menşei Yeri	Qazvin/Shiraz
Köken (Provenance)	Library of East India House, 15 August 1806; Academiae Cantabrigiensis (ex libris).
Yazı Tipi	Ta'liq.
Yüzyıl 1	1500s C.E.
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Oluşturma Türü	creation
Yıl (Bitiş)	1580
Yıl (Başlangıç)	1580
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Sayfa Sayısı 15

Fiziksel Boyutlar 559 ff. Codex. Complete.

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Kayıt Numarası MS-ADD-00269-SP

Lokasyon University Library — University Library Add 269

Tarih Gregorian: 1580/Yca/---/--.-1580-1580

Notlar The record is to be improved in terms of the colour value of the images, which were taken before the manuscript was restored.Provenance: in the beginning of the 19th century the manuscript was acquired probably straight from the Library of East India House: on f.1r there is an ex libris of the Library, signed by Chas Wilkins, Librarian on 15 August 1806, Academiae Cantabrigiensis.F.1v contains a characteristic drop-shaped Golkonda seal-mark which appears to be that of Muhammad [Quli] Qutbshah (988-1020 AH) with the date 1012/1603-4 and a later Persian inscription dated 1019/1610-11.Date: there is no indication when the manuscript was finished. The formal colophon states only: tamam shud kitab-i Shahnama hakim-i Firdausi-yi Tusi alaihi al-rahmat wa ghufran (‘The book of the Shahnama by Hakim Firdausi Tusi, mercy and forgiveness be upon him, has been finished’), which means that no other information regarding the place of completion, the name of the calligrapher himself, etc. is available. E.G. Browne suggested the 16th - early 17th century as a possible date; the attribution supported by Sheila Canby.Text status: Almost full copy, missing the beginning of the prose introduction (not more than one page).Ff.2v-3r have luxuriously executed double carpet page shamsas in gold and polychrome.Ff. 3r-16r contain the prose introduction (the Baysunghur version), which starts with the regular incipit: iftitah-i sukhan an bih ki kunand ahl-i kamal…F.2v has a dedication/ex libris of a royal library, which is almost illegible due to the polychrome arabesque ornament, decorating the inscription.The satire on Mahmud is of average length and standard incipit (ff. 12v-13v).F.3v has a regular incipit, opening with the bait: Faridun khurshid-i Jamshid-ishan…, which is the continuation of the Baysunghur preface, but with the gap of about one page after the explicit of the previous page.Poem starts on f.16v with the normative incipit, below the unvan, executed in a contrasting palette of blue, dark ultramarine blue, lilac-pink, yellow, red, black, white and gold.List of kings is missing.Explicit of the poem is (f.559r): Har an kas ki darad hush-u ra-yi dinPas az marg-i man kunad afarinPhysical description:559 folios. Text written in 4 columns, 25 lines, in Indian ink. Headings in white or varicoloured nasta‘liq are enclosed in rectangular frames filled in with the neat floral design in polychrome. Text field is divided into four columns by frames in red, yellow, black, brown and gold.Condition: MS slightly suffered from wet, especially the first part of the MS. Some paints of the miniatures are missing.This manuscript was in a very fragile condition and was not accessible during the winter 1999-2000; in the late 2002 it was sent to the Conservation Department of the UL and went through a thorough restoration and conservation by Kristine Rose and Deborah Farndell, as described in K. Rose, "The conservation of Islamic manuscript material at Cambridge University Library, with particular reference to Ms. Add. 269...", pp. 277-86.Paper Oriental creamy, thin, slightly glossy.Binding of multi-coloured leather, with guilded medallions and ornations. The spine was a later addition during the restoration in the 19th century.Illuminations and illustrations: The manuscript is richly illuminated. Margins are usually decorated with feathery large blossoms in gold, sometimes the design includes besides floral and herbal details animalistic ornamentation with large birds and deer in gold.13 miniatures by at least two artists, 2 of them, the full-page frontispieces (‘Sulayman enthroned’ and ‘Bilqis enthroned’) were executed by Artist A. The other 11 paintings of good quality and excellent condition were produced by Artist B in the mid-Safavid period.The choice of the executed miniatures seems quite odd: the most popular subjects (see Mehran, 1998), like “Rustam kills the White Div”, “Rustam kills Suhrab”, the “Fire ordeal of Siyavush”, “Rustam, slaying Ashkabus and his horse”, “Rustam shoots Isfandiyar” and several others are missing.(FA)

İlişkili Ad(lar) Painter A; Painter B; Painter b; Artist B

Bibliyografya Browne, E.G., A catalogue of the Persian manuscripts in the library of the University of Cambridge, Cambridge, 1896.Mehran, F., Student, Neufchatel, 1998.Rose, K., 'Ms', in Shahnama Studies I, Melville, Ch. (ed.), Cambridge, 2006.Browne, E.G., A catalogue of the Persian manuscripts in the library of the University of Cambridge, Cambridge, 1896.

Süsleme Sulayman enthronedScene Title:Sulayman enthroned (frontispiece)Folio number: 001vPainter:Painter ALocation in text:Mohl -1c, Frontispieces and Finispieces, first line: None, break line before: None, break line after: None, last line: None.Bilqis enthronedScene Title:Bilqis enthroned (frontispiece)Folio number: 002rPainter:Painter ALocation in text:Mohl -1c, Frontispieces and Finispieces, first line: None, break line before: None, break line after: None, last line: None.Kayumars enthronedFolio number: 019rPainter:Painter BNotes: This painting was exhibited in the Shahnama millennial exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum, see Brend and Melville, pp. 60-61 (no. 3), where it is attributed to Qazvin or Mashhad. Location in text:Mohl 1, Kayumars (30 years), first line: 21, break line before: 28, break line after: 29.0, last line: 34.Bertels 1, Kayumars (72), first line: 20.0, break line before: 27.0, break line after: 28.0, last line: 34.Khaleghi-Motlagh 1, Kayumars (70), first line: 18.0, break line before: 25.0, break line after: 26.0, last line: 31.0.Guruy executes SiyavushFolio number: 102rPainter:Painter BLocation in text:Mohl 12d, Siyavush, first line: None, break line before: 2508, break line after: 2509.0, last line: 2518.Kay Khusrau sends Tus to fight AfrasiyabScene Title:Kay Khusrau appoints Tus to lead an expedition to TuranFolio number: 127rPainter:Painter BLocation in text:Mohl 13, Kay Khusrau (60 years), first line: None, break line before: 399, break line after: 400.0, last line: 406.Kamus fights Giv and TusFolio number: 154vLocation in text:Mohl 13b, Kamus-i Kashani, first line: 1207, break line before: 1210, break line after: 1211.0, last line: 1215.Bertels 17, Kamus-i Kashani (1472), first line: 1097.0, break line before: 1100.0, break line after: 1101.0, last line: 1215.Khaleghi-Motlagh 20, Kamus-i Kashani (2881), first line: 1102.0, break line before: 1105.0, break line after: 1106.0, last line: 1109.0.The battle between the armies of Kay Khusrau and AfrasiyabScene Title:A full scale battle between the armies of Iran and TuranFolio number: 178vPainter:Painter BNotes: This scene comes out of order in the ms; it should follow, not precede, the next. This is the long battle scene after the death of Shida, culminating in the flight of Afrasiyab.Location in text:Mohl 13g, The Great War between Kay Khusrau and Afrasiyab, first line: 779, break line before: 787, break line after: 788.0, last line: 792.Bertels 22, Kay Khusrau - The great war (3107), first line: 757.0, break line before: 765.0, break line after: 766.0, last line: 792.Khaleghi-Motlagh 24, The great war of Kay Khusraw (3141), first line: 762.0, break line before: 770.0, break line after: 771.0, last line: 775.0.Rustam rescues Bizhan from the pitTitle (Persian): 1174Folio number: 219vPainter:Painter BNotes: The picture should come before the previous battle scene: the folios are evidently disturbed here.Location in text:Mohl 13e, Bizhan and Manizha, first line: 1174, break line before: 1177, break line after: 1178.0, last line: 1178.Piran escapes from Gudarz up the mountainsideFolio number: 246vPainter:Painter BLocation in text:Mohl 13f, The Twelve Rukhs, first line: 2035, break line before: 2036, break line after: 2038.0, last line: None.Luhrasp enthronedFolio number: 275rPainter:Painter BLocation in text:Mohl 14, Luhrasp (120 years), first line: 3186, break line before: 2, break line after: 3.0, last line: 8.Bertels 23, Luhrasp (901), first line: 3104.0, break line before: 2.0, break line after: 3.0, last line: 8.Khaleghi-Motlagh 25, Luhrasp (913), first line: 3131.0, break line before: 13.0, break line after: 14.0, last line: 20.0.Isfandiyar's second labour: he fights the lionsFolio number: 302rPainter:Painter bNotes: Although the scene concerns Isfandiyar, the iconography of the painting recalls Bahram Gur winning the throne by killing two lions.Location in text:Mohl 15, Gushtasp (120 years), first line: 1654, break line before: 1657, break line after: 1658.0, last line: 1661.Bertels 26, Gushtasp - Haft Khwan-i Isfandiyar (849), first line: 117.0, break line before: 120.0, break line after: 121.0, last line: 1661.Khaleghi-Motlagh 27, Haft khwan-i Isfandiyar (849), first line: 115.0, break line before: 118.0, break line after: 119.0, last line: 122.0.Rustam kills Shaghad before dyingFolio number: 337rPainter:Painter BLocation in text:Mohl 15, Gushtasp (120 years), first line: 4265, break line before: 4270, break line after: 4271.0, last line: None.Bahram Gur kills a DragonScene Title:Bahram Gur kills a dragon in IndiaFolio number: 423rPainter:Artist BNotes: Rreproduced in Kristine Rose,"The conservation..", fig. 2.Location in text:Mohl 35, Bahram Gur (1) (63 years), first line: 462, break line before: 466, break line after: 467.0, last line: 472.Bertels 48, Bahram Gur (2593), first line: 2144.0, break line before: 2148.0, break line after: 2149.0, last line: 472.Sample pageFolio number: 18vColophonFolio number: 559r

Mizanpaj 4 columns. 25 rows. Leaf height: 368 mm, width: 232 mm. Written height: 239 mm, width: 125 mm.

Menşei Yeri Qazvin/Shiraz

Köken (Provenance) Library of East India House, 15 August 1806; Academiae Cantabrigiensis (ex libris).

Yazı Tipi Ta'liq.

Yüzyıl 1 1500s C.E.

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