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Bilqis Queen of Sheba Enthroned, from The Book of Solomon (Suleymannama) by Firdausi of Bursa

Title	Bilqis Queen of Sheba Enthroned, from The Book of Solomon (Suleymannama) by Firdausi of Bursa
Publication Date:	1480-1510
Type	Document
Language	ara,fas
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	444 mm x 313 mm (height x width)
Library:	Chester Beatty
Record ID	T 406.2
Library Location	Turkish collection
Date	1480-1510
Notes	Bilqis Queen of Sheba Enthroned, from the Book of Solomon (Suleymannama) by Sharaf al-Din Musa, Firdausi of Bursa. Folio, gold and colours on paper, full-page painting depicting Bilqis (the Queen of Sheba) enthroned above horizontal rows of her subjects, including crowned women, angels, demons (divs) and monsters, left half of a double-frontipiece composition, from a manuscript dedicated to Ottoman Sultan Bayazid II, Istanbul, Turkey, c. 1480-1510
Materyal	Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material)
Nesne Adı	Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)
Yazı Tipi	Naskh script

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Bilqis Queen of Sheba Enthroned, from The Book of Solomon (Suleymannama) by Firdausi of Bursa

Publication Date 1480-1510

Type Document

Language ara,fas

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 444 mm x 313 mm (height x width)

Library Chester Beatty

Record ID T 406.2

Library Location Turkish collection

Date 1480-1510

Notes Bilqis Queen of Sheba Enthroned, from the Book of Solomon (Suleymannama) by Sharaf al-Din Musa, Firdausi of Bursa. Folio, gold and colours on paper, full-page painting depicting Bilqis (the Queen of Sheba) enthroned above horizontal rows of her subjects, including crowned women, angels, demons (divs) and monsters, left half of a double-frontipiece composition, from a manuscript dedicated to Ottoman Sultan Bayazid II, Istanbul, Turkey, c. 1480-1510

Materyal Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material)

Nesne Adı Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)

Yazı Tipi Naskh script