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Solomon Enthroned, from the Book of Solomon (Suleymannama) by Firdausi of Bursa

Title	Solomon 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 314 mm (height x width)
Library:	Chester Beatty
Record ID	T 406.1
Library Location	Turkish collection
Date	1480-1510
Notes	Solomon 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 Solomon enthroned above horizontal rows of his subjects, including turbanned scholars, crowned rulers, soldiers, demons (divs) and birds, right half of a double-frontipiece composition, from a manuscript dedicated to Ottoman Sultan Bayazid II (r. 1481-1512), Istanbul, Turkey, c. 1480-1510.
Materyal	Paper (material), Pigment (material), Gold
Nesne Adı	Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)
Yazı Tipi	Naskh script

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Solomon 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 314 mm (height x width)

Library Chester Beatty

Record ID T 406.1

Library Location Turkish collection

Date 1480-1510

Notes Solomon 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 Solomon enthroned above horizontal rows of his subjects, including turbanned scholars, crowned rulers, soldiers, demons (divs) and birds, right half of a double-frontipiece composition, from a manuscript dedicated to Ottoman Sultan Bayazid II (r. 1481-1512), Istanbul, Turkey, c. 1480-1510.

Materyal Paper (material), Pigment (material), Gold

Nesne Adı Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)

Yazı Tipi Naskh script