Publication Date
c. 1480-1510
Type
Document
Language
ara,fas
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
452 mm x 333 mm x 74 mm (height x width x depth)
Library
Chester Beatty
Record ID
T 406
Library Location
Turkish collection
Date
c. 1480-1510
Notes
Book of Solomon (Suleymannama) by Sharaf al-Din Musa, Firdausi of Bursa. Codex, ink, colours and gold on paper, 332 folios, Arabic and Persian text in naskh script, illuminated headings, spaces left blank throughout for illustrations never included, dedicated to Ottoman Sultan Bayazid II (r. 1481-1512), Istanbul, Turkey, c. 1480-1510. The first two folios of this manuscript feature a double-page frontispiece painting of Solomon and Bilqis (Queen of Sheba) enthroned: these have been detached from the codex and are also in the Chester Beatty: T 406.1 and T 406.2.
Materyal
Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold
Nesne Adı
Codex
Yazı Tipi
Naskh script
