Shahnama

Name: Shahnama
Author: Firdausi

İsim	Shahnama
Yazar	Firdausi
Tür	Belge
Dil	Farsça
Dijital	Evet
Yazma	Evet
Sayfa Sayısı	35
Fiziksel Boyutlar	508 ff. Codex. Various lacunae.
Kütüphane:	Cambridge Dijital Kütüphanesi
Kayıt Numarası	MS-BUDAPESTHAS-PERZSA-FOL-00003
Lokasyon	Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences — Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Perzsa Fol. 3
Tarih	Gregorian: 19th/C.-1899-1800
Notlar	The binding is in plain dark blue leather, with a central medallion and two pendants, and a tooled margin round the edge, 372 x 225 x 70. The spine is plain. Doublures are of plain yellowish paper.The paper is quite thick, grainy, with impurities, of a biege colour, and some water discolorations at the top.Fol. 1r has an inscription with the date 1231 (AH). The poem starts on fol. 1v under a decorative unvan, 128 x 150 mm.The margins are ruled in red, space, blue, space, blue; columns are 2 single blue lines; rubric boxes also a single blue line. The rubrics are written in tomato red nasta'liq.The text is accompanied by several very neat marginal annotations and comments, sometimes explaining the vocabulary. The catchwords are in place. The calligraphy altogether is neat and clear.The text is divided into two books, at the reign of Luhrasp (f. 231v). The space left for an unvan at the start of 'book two' is unused. 'Book one' ends on f. 230r and ff. 230v-231r are left blank. The text breaks off at the end (though apparently after the end of the Shahnama itself: Explicit: chu az mustafa man hikayat kunam // chu Mahmud .. (Muhammad?) .. ra himayat kunam, with the catchwords "chu sultan...". the next fol. (508r) is however left blank.At least two other folios are missing from the ms. Approximately 168 verses from Mohl's text are missing between ff. 187 and 188, in the story of Bizhan and Manizha; at a maximum of 50 verses per page, this suggests one of the two folios contained a painting. It is thus possible that other pictures and folios are missing too; this still needs to be checked.The illustrations themselves are well-executed and rather attractive in their way, with some fine passages of painting. There is a very heavy emphasis on the earlier part of the Shahnama, and particularly the exploits of Rustam: after his death (f. 305r) there are only three more paintings: two of Ardashir and one of Bahram Gur. Some of the pictures are preceded by passages of chalipa (diagonal) script. In some cases also, especially after f. 137v, the outer margins of the paintings are not properly finished off. The iconography of the paintings and the subject matter is sometimes quite at variance with the text and with traditional depictions of the scenes.For a description of this manuscript, see Benedek Peri, Catalogue, pp. 181-183.(Ch.M.)
Süsleme	Illuminated page at start of the poemScene Title:Illuminated title page (verso side)Folio number: 001vLocation in text:Mohl -1a, Illuminations, first line: None, break line before: None, break line after: None, last line: None.Manuchihr kills Tur in battleFolio number: 022vLocation in text:Mohl 6, Faridun (500 years), first line: 888, break line before: 906, break line after: 907.0, last line: 909.Manuchihr fights Kakuy, grandson of ZahhakFolio number: 024rLocation in text:Mohl 6, Faridun (500 years), first line: 1010, break line before: 1027, break line after: 1028.0, last line: 1031.Zal displays his skills before ManuchihrFolio number: 039vNotes: Maximum width dimension includes horse's tail.Location in text:Mohl 7, Manuchihr (120 years), first line: 1486, break line before: 1510, break line after: 1511.0, last line: 1513.Zal kills Khazarvan in combatFolio number: 050rLocation in text:Mohl 8, Nauzar (7 years), first line: 435, break line before: 456, break line after: 459.0, last line: 455.Rustam lifts Afrasiyab by the beltFolio number: 055vLocation in text:Mohl 11, Kay Qubad (100 years), first line: 47, break line before: 52, break line after: 53.0, last line: 57.Rustam's third labour: he kills a dragonScene Title:Rustam's third labour: he kills a dragonFolio number: 062rNotes: Preceded by a page of chalipa script on f. 61v. Max. width dimensions include the horse's tail. Location in text:Mohl 12, Kay Kavus (150 years), first line: 403, break line before: 407, break line after: 408.0, last line: 418.Rustam's seventh labour: he kills the White DivScene Title:Rustam's seventh labour: he kills the White DivFolio number: 064vLocation in text:Mohl 12, Kay Kavus (150 years), first line: 626, break line before: 634, break line after: 635.0, last line: 639.Rustam mortally wounds SuhrabFolio number: 087vNotes: Preceded by a short pasasge of chalipa script, f. 87r.Location in text:Mohl 12c, Suhrab, first line: 1147, break line before: 1152, break line after: 1155.0, last line: 1159.The fire ordeal of SiyavushFolio number: 095vLocation in text:Mohl 12d, Siyavush, first line: 520, break line before: 536, break line after: 537.0, last line: 539.Rustam kills PilsamFolio number: 119vNotes: Maximum dimensions include tails projecting into the margins. Location in text:Mohl 12e, Kay Khusrau comes to Iran, first line: 267, break line before: 292, break line after: 293.0, last line: 295.Giv captures PiranFolio number: 125rLocation in text:Mohl 12e, Kay Khusrau comes to Iran, first line: 880, break line before: 931, break line after: 932.0, last line: 934.Farud retreats to his fortress and is mortally wounded by RuhhamTitle (Persian): 860Folio number: 137vNotes: The painter accurately depicts the fatal wound to Farud's shoulder, but there is no sign of the castle or the steep mountainside common in earlier representations of the scene. Note that here, as in many subsequent pictures in the ms., the outer border is either painted over or left unruled.Location in text:Mohl 13, Kay Khusrau (60 years), first line: None, break line before: 881, break line after: 883.0, last line: 885.Rustam kills Ashkabus and his horseFolio number: 158vLocation in text:Mohl 13b, Kamus-i Kashani, first line: 1398, break line before: 1419, break line after: 1420.0, last line: 1422.Rustam kills ChingishFolio number: 161rLocation in text:Mohl 13c, Rustam and the Khaqan-i Chin, first line: 55, break line before: 71, break line after: 72.0, last line: 74.Rustam leads an attack on the Turanians' alliesFolio number: 165vNotes: Max. dimensions include tails projecting into both margins, The image is rather generic but presumably according to the basic story (battle scene!).Location in text:Mohl 13c, Rustam and the Khaqan-i Chin, first line: 556, break line before: 574, break line after: 575.0, last line: 577.Rustam fights Kafur the CannibalFolio number: 169vNotes: Maximum dimensions include horse´s tail.Location in text:Mohl 13c, Rustam and the Khaqan-i Chin, first line: 1000, break line before: 1029, break line after: 1032.0, last line: 1035.Rustam overthrows PuladvandFolio number: 173vLocation in text:Mohl 13c, Rustam and the Khaqan-i Chin, first line: 1396, break line before: 1410, break line after: 1411.0, last line: 1419.Akvan Div flings Rustam into the seaFolio number: 175vLocation in text:Mohl 13d, Rustam fights Akhvan Div, first line: 83, break line before: 98, break line after: 99.0, last line: 110.Manizha entertains Bizhan in the meadowsFolio number: 180rLocation in text:Mohl 13e, Bizhan and Manizha, first line: 249, break line before: 254, break line after: 255.0, last line: 260.Scene Title:Rustam fights Barkhiyas Div (interpolation)Folio number: 190rLocation in text:Mohl 13e, Bizhan and Manizha, first line: None, break line before: None, break line after: None, last line: None.Bizhan and Human wrestle for a second timeFolio number: 198rLocation in text:Mohl 13f, The Twelve Rukhs, first line: 808, break line before: 813, break line after: 814.0, last line: 829.The second combat: Giv stuns Guruy ZirihFolio number: 203vLocation in text:Mohl 13f, The Twelve Rukhs, first line: 1874, break line before: 1885, break line after: 1886.0, last line: 1890.The eleventh combat: Gudarz kills PiranFolio number: 205vNotes: The depiction of this scene departs from the earlier tradition, and from the text, in which Piran is killed while fleeing up the hillside to escape from Gudarz.Location in text:Mohl 13f, The Twelve Rukhs, first line: 2033, break line before: 2043, break line after: 2044.0, last line: 2047.Kay Khusrau crosses Lake ZaraFolio number: 218vNotes: The painting of this scene does not follow the usual iconography; the artist instead depicts Kay Khusrau setting out after crossing the sea, as indeed is indicated in the rubric.Location in text:Mohl 13g, The Great War between Kay Khusrau and Afrasiyab, first line: 2002, break line before: 2021, break line after: 2022.0, last line: 2023.Folio number: 230rNotes: The verses are not found in Mohl. It is not clear what scene is depicted here.Isfandiyar kills BidarafshFolio number: 254rNotes: Last line is not in Mohl.Location in text:Mohl 15, Gushtasp (120 years), first line: 736, break line before: 737, break line after: 738.0, last line: None.Isfandiyar lassoes the Turanian hero GurgsarFolio number: 266rLocation in text:Mohl 15, Gushtasp (120 years), first line: 1463, break line before: 1466, break line after: 1467.0, last line: 1473.Isfandiyar kills Arjasp to rescue his sistersFolio number: 274vLocation in text:Mohl 15, Gushtasp (120 years), first line: 2168, break line before: 2187, break line after: 2190.0, last line: 2191.Rustam shoots Isfandiyar in the eyes with a double-pointed arrowFolio number: 297vLocation in text:Mohl 15, Gushtasp (120 years), first line: 3784, break line before: 3785, break line after: 3786.0, last line: None.Rustam kills Shaghad before dyingFolio number: 305rLocation in text:Mohl 15, Gushtasp (120 years), first line: 4265, break line before: 4271, break line after: 4272.0, last line: None.Ardashir hunts with Ardavan's sonsScene Title:Ardashir hunts with Ardavan's sonsFolio number: 345vLocation in text:Mohl 21, The Ashkanians (200 years), first line: 154, break line before: 160, break line after: 161.0, last line: 169.Ardavan led captive before ArdashirFolio number: 348vNotes: There is a page of chalipa (diagonal) script on the preceding page, f. 348r.Location in text:Mohl 21, The Ashkanians (200 years), first line: 413, break line before: 415, break line after: 416.0, last line: 425.Bahram Gur kills the dragon that had killed a youthFolio number: 378vNotes: The last few lines on the page below the painting are not found in Mohl.Location in text:Mohl 35, Bahram Gur (1) (63 years), first line: 673, break line before: 686, break line after: 687.0, last line: None.Sample pageFolio number: 006r
Mizanpaj	4 columns. 25 rows. Leaf height: 370 mm, width: 220 mm. Written height: 250 mm, width: 143 mm.
Menşei Yeri	Qajar Iran
Köken (Provenance)	In possession of a Turkish owner, Hajji Hasan, inscription dated 1231 AH / 1815-16.
Yazı Tipi	Nasta'liq.
Yüzyıl 1	1800s C.E.
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Oluşturma Türü	creation
Yıl (Bitiş)	1899
Yıl (Başlangıç)	1800
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Shahnama

Yazar Firdausi

Tür Belge

Dil Farsça

Dijital Evet

Yazma Evet

Sayfa Sayısı 35

Fiziksel Boyutlar 508 ff. Codex. Various lacunae.

Kütüphane Cambridge Dijital Kütüphanesi

Kayıt Numarası MS-BUDAPESTHAS-PERZSA-FOL-00003

Lokasyon Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences — Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Perzsa Fol. 3

Tarih Gregorian: 19th/C.-1899-1800

Notlar The binding is in plain dark blue leather, with a central medallion and two pendants, and a tooled margin round the edge, 372 x 225 x 70. The spine is plain. Doublures are of plain yellowish paper.The paper is quite thick, grainy, with impurities, of a biege colour, and some water discolorations at the top.Fol. 1r has an inscription with the date 1231 (AH). The poem starts on fol. 1v under a decorative unvan, 128 x 150 mm.The margins are ruled in red, space, blue, space, blue; columns are 2 single blue lines; rubric boxes also a single blue line. The rubrics are written in tomato red nasta'liq.The text is accompanied by several very neat marginal annotations and comments, sometimes explaining the vocabulary. The catchwords are in place. The calligraphy altogether is neat and clear.The text is divided into two books, at the reign of Luhrasp (f. 231v). The space left for an unvan at the start of 'book two' is unused. 'Book one' ends on f. 230r and ff. 230v-231r are left blank. The text breaks off at the end (though apparently after the end of the Shahnama itself: Explicit: chu az mustafa man hikayat kunam // chu Mahmud .. (Muhammad?) .. ra himayat kunam, with the catchwords "chu sultan...". the next fol. (508r) is however left blank.At least two other folios are missing from the ms. Approximately 168 verses from Mohl's text are missing between ff. 187 and 188, in the story of Bizhan and Manizha; at a maximum of 50 verses per page, this suggests one of the two folios contained a painting. It is thus possible that other pictures and folios are missing too; this still needs to be checked.The illustrations themselves are well-executed and rather attractive in their way, with some fine passages of painting. There is a very heavy emphasis on the earlier part of the Shahnama, and particularly the exploits of Rustam: after his death (f. 305r) there are only three more paintings: two of Ardashir and one of Bahram Gur. Some of the pictures are preceded by passages of chalipa (diagonal) script. In some cases also, especially after f. 137v, the outer margins of the paintings are not properly finished off. The iconography of the paintings and the subject matter is sometimes quite at variance with the text and with traditional depictions of the scenes.For a description of this manuscript, see Benedek Peri, Catalogue, pp. 181-183.(Ch.M.)

Süsleme Illuminated page at start of the poemScene Title:Illuminated title page (verso side)Folio number: 001vLocation in text:Mohl -1a, Illuminations, first line: None, break line before: None, break line after: None, last line: None.Manuchihr kills Tur in battleFolio number: 022vLocation in text:Mohl 6, Faridun (500 years), first line: 888, break line before: 906, break line after: 907.0, last line: 909.Manuchihr fights Kakuy, grandson of ZahhakFolio number: 024rLocation in text:Mohl 6, Faridun (500 years), first line: 1010, break line before: 1027, break line after: 1028.0, last line: 1031.Zal displays his skills before ManuchihrFolio number: 039vNotes: Maximum width dimension includes horse's tail.Location in text:Mohl 7, Manuchihr (120 years), first line: 1486, break line before: 1510, break line after: 1511.0, last line: 1513.Zal kills Khazarvan in combatFolio number: 050rLocation in text:Mohl 8, Nauzar (7 years), first line: 435, break line before: 456, break line after: 459.0, last line: 455.Rustam lifts Afrasiyab by the beltFolio number: 055vLocation in text:Mohl 11, Kay Qubad (100 years), first line: 47, break line before: 52, break line after: 53.0, last line: 57.Rustam's third labour: he kills a dragonScene Title:Rustam's third labour: he kills a dragonFolio number: 062rNotes: Preceded by a page of chalipa script on f. 61v. Max. width dimensions include the horse's tail. Location in text:Mohl 12, Kay Kavus (150 years), first line: 403, break line before: 407, break line after: 408.0, last line: 418.Rustam's seventh labour: he kills the White DivScene Title:Rustam's seventh labour: he kills the White DivFolio number: 064vLocation in text:Mohl 12, Kay Kavus (150 years), first line: 626, break line before: 634, break line after: 635.0, last line: 639.Rustam mortally wounds SuhrabFolio number: 087vNotes: Preceded by a short pasasge of chalipa script, f. 87r.Location in text:Mohl 12c, Suhrab, first line: 1147, break line before: 1152, break line after: 1155.0, last line: 1159.The fire ordeal of SiyavushFolio number: 095vLocation in text:Mohl 12d, Siyavush, first line: 520, break line before: 536, break line after: 537.0, last line: 539.Rustam kills PilsamFolio number: 119vNotes: Maximum dimensions include tails projecting into the margins. Location in text:Mohl 12e, Kay Khusrau comes to Iran, first line: 267, break line before: 292, break line after: 293.0, last line: 295.Giv captures PiranFolio number: 125rLocation in text:Mohl 12e, Kay Khusrau comes to Iran, first line: 880, break line before: 931, break line after: 932.0, last line: 934.Farud retreats to his fortress and is mortally wounded by RuhhamTitle (Persian): 860Folio number: 137vNotes: The painter accurately depicts the fatal wound to Farud's shoulder, but there is no sign of the castle or the steep mountainside common in earlier representations of the scene. Note that here, as in many subsequent pictures in the ms., the outer border is either painted over or left unruled.Location in text:Mohl 13, Kay Khusrau (60 years), first line: None, break line before: 881, break line after: 883.0, last line: 885.Rustam kills Ashkabus and his horseFolio number: 158vLocation in text:Mohl 13b, Kamus-i Kashani, first line: 1398, break line before: 1419, break line after: 1420.0, last line: 1422.Rustam kills ChingishFolio number: 161rLocation in text:Mohl 13c, Rustam and the Khaqan-i Chin, first line: 55, break line before: 71, break line after: 72.0, last line: 74.Rustam leads an attack on the Turanians' alliesFolio number: 165vNotes: Max. dimensions include tails projecting into both margins, The image is rather generic but presumably according to the basic story (battle scene!).Location in text:Mohl 13c, Rustam and the Khaqan-i Chin, first line: 556, break line before: 574, break line after: 575.0, last line: 577.Rustam fights Kafur the CannibalFolio number: 169vNotes: Maximum dimensions include horse´s tail.Location in text:Mohl 13c, Rustam and the Khaqan-i Chin, first line: 1000, break line before: 1029, break line after: 1032.0, last line: 1035.Rustam overthrows PuladvandFolio number: 173vLocation in text:Mohl 13c, Rustam and the Khaqan-i Chin, first line: 1396, break line before: 1410, break line after: 1411.0, last line: 1419.Akvan Div flings Rustam into the seaFolio number: 175vLocation in text:Mohl 13d, Rustam fights Akhvan Div, first line: 83, break line before: 98, break line after: 99.0, last line: 110.Manizha entertains Bizhan in the meadowsFolio number: 180rLocation in text:Mohl 13e, Bizhan and Manizha, first line: 249, break line before: 254, break line after: 255.0, last line: 260.Scene Title:Rustam fights Barkhiyas Div (interpolation)Folio number: 190rLocation in text:Mohl 13e, Bizhan and Manizha, first line: None, break line before: None, break line after: None, last line: None.Bizhan and Human wrestle for a second timeFolio number: 198rLocation in text:Mohl 13f, The Twelve Rukhs, first line: 808, break line before: 813, break line after: 814.0, last line: 829.The second combat: Giv stuns Guruy ZirihFolio number: 203vLocation in text:Mohl 13f, The Twelve Rukhs, first line: 1874, break line before: 1885, break line after: 1886.0, last line: 1890.The eleventh combat: Gudarz kills PiranFolio number: 205vNotes: The depiction of this scene departs from the earlier tradition, and from the text, in which Piran is killed while fleeing up the hillside to escape from Gudarz.Location in text:Mohl 13f, The Twelve Rukhs, first line: 2033, break line before: 2043, break line after: 2044.0, last line: 2047.Kay Khusrau crosses Lake ZaraFolio number: 218vNotes: The painting of this scene does not follow the usual iconography; the artist instead depicts Kay Khusrau setting out after crossing the sea, as indeed is indicated in the rubric.Location in text:Mohl 13g, The Great War between Kay Khusrau and Afrasiyab, first line: 2002, break line before: 2021, break line after: 2022.0, last line: 2023.Folio number: 230rNotes: The verses are not found in Mohl. It is not clear what scene is depicted here.Isfandiyar kills BidarafshFolio number: 254rNotes: Last line is not in Mohl.Location in text:Mohl 15, Gushtasp (120 years), first line: 736, break line before: 737, break line after: 738.0, last line: None.Isfandiyar lassoes the Turanian hero GurgsarFolio number: 266rLocation in text:Mohl 15, Gushtasp (120 years), first line: 1463, break line before: 1466, break line after: 1467.0, last line: 1473.Isfandiyar kills Arjasp to rescue his sistersFolio number: 274vLocation in text:Mohl 15, Gushtasp (120 years), first line: 2168, break line before: 2187, break line after: 2190.0, last line: 2191.Rustam shoots Isfandiyar in the eyes with a double-pointed arrowFolio number: 297vLocation in text:Mohl 15, Gushtasp (120 years), first line: 3784, break line before: 3785, break line after: 3786.0, last line: None.Rustam kills Shaghad before dyingFolio number: 305rLocation in text:Mohl 15, Gushtasp (120 years), first line: 4265, break line before: 4271, break line after: 4272.0, last line: None.Ardashir hunts with Ardavan's sonsScene Title:Ardashir hunts with Ardavan's sonsFolio number: 345vLocation in text:Mohl 21, The Ashkanians (200 years), first line: 154, break line before: 160, break line after: 161.0, last line: 169.Ardavan led captive before ArdashirFolio number: 348vNotes: There is a page of chalipa (diagonal) script on the preceding page, f. 348r.Location in text:Mohl 21, The Ashkanians (200 years), first line: 413, break line before: 415, break line after: 416.0, last line: 425.Bahram Gur kills the dragon that had killed a youthFolio number: 378vNotes: The last few lines on the page below the painting are not found in Mohl.Location in text:Mohl 35, Bahram Gur (1) (63 years), first line: 673, break line before: 686, break line after: 687.0, last line: None.Sample pageFolio number: 006r

Mizanpaj 4 columns. 25 rows. Leaf height: 370 mm, width: 220 mm. Written height: 250 mm, width: 143 mm.

Menşei Yeri Qajar Iran

Köken (Provenance) In possession of a Turkish owner, Hajji Hasan, inscription dated 1231 AH / 1815-16.

Yazı Tipi Nasta'liq.

Yüzyıl 1 1800s C.E.

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Yıl (Bitiş) 1899

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