Publication Date
c. 1300
Type
Document
Language
Persian
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
177 mm x 138 mm (height x width)
Library
Chester Beatty
Record ID
Per 104.60
Library Location
Persian collection
Date
c. 1300
Notes
Bahram Gur kills a unicorn (karg) in India (recto) and Bahram Gur kills a dragon in India (verso), from the Book of Kings (Shahnama). Detached folio, ink, pigments and gold on paper, later mounted onto card, Persian text with two chapter-headings and two paintings, possibly Tabriz, Iran, c. 1300. This folio is from a dispersed manuscript known to scholars as the "First Small Shahnama". The "Small Shahnama" manuscripts are the earliest known illustrated examples of the Book of Kings (Shahnama), the epic Persian poem composed c. 1010 by Firdausi. Two manuscripts are dispersed, and a third is in the Freer Gallery in Washington, DC. Of small format, these three manuscripts are undated, but usually attributed to c. 1300 on stylistic grounds.
Materyal
Paper (material), Ink (material), Pigment (material), Gold
Nesne Adı
Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)
Yazı Tipi
Naskh script
