Author
Iran
Publication Date
1544-1575
Type
Document
Language
Persian
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
367 mm x 255 mm x 92 mm (height x width x depth)
Library
Chester Beatty
Record ID
Per 295
Library Location
Persian collection
Date
1544-1575
Notes
Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi. This large copy of Firdausi's epic poem has fifty-nine paintings, depicting the adventures of Iran's ancient kings, queens, heroes, villains and monsters. Codex, ink, colours and gold on paper, 547 folios, Persian text in nasta`liq script, illuminated headings and shamsa medallion (its text deliberately erased), 59 paintings (some faces retouched, or flaking to reveal the underdrawing), the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi, text copied by Muhammad Ma`sum ibn Sultan Muhammad al-Haravi, possibly Khurasan, Iran, dated 8 Dhu'l-Hijjah 950H, 3 February 1544, paintings possibly dateable (by style) c. 1575
Materyal
Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold
Nesne Adı
Codex
Yazı Tipi
Nasta'liq script
