Author
Firdawsi (Persian, died 411-416 AH/AD 1020-1025)
Publication Date
10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid)
Publication Place
Iran (Place of Origin) -
Subject
Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic World, Islamic Manuscripts
Type
Document
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
Folio H: 12 13/16 x W: 7 1/2 in. (32.5 x 19 cm); Closed H: 13 × W: 8 7/16 × D: 3 3/16 in. (33 × 21.5 × 8.1 cm); Open H: 13 × W: 14 9/16 × D: 6 1/8 in. (33 × 37 × 15.5 cm)
Library
The Walters Art Museum
Record ID
W.600
Library Location
Not on view
Date
10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid)
Notes
Walters manuscript W.600 is an illuminated and illustrated Safavid copy of the Book of kings (Shahnamah) by Firdawsi (died 411 or 416 AH/AD 1020-1025), dating to the 10th century AH/AD 16th. The text is largely written in black Nasta'liq script with headings in blue on a polychrome ground. The codex opens with an illuminated medallion (fol. 1a), followed by a double-page illuminated frontispiece (fols. 1b-2a), poorly preserved. The preface, ordered by Baysunghur in 829 AH/AD 1425-1426, begins on fol. 2b. The Shahnamah text begins on fol. 14b with an inscribed illuminated titlepiece. It is divided into 2 parts. Eighteen paintings illustrate the text. The black lacquer binding with lobed central ovals and pendants is not contemporary with the manuscript and dates to the 13th century AH/AD 19th.
Sergi Ayrıntıları
From Rye to Raphael: The Walters Story. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore., Paradise Imagined: Images of the Garden in the Islamic and Christian World. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore., Mything Persons: Historic Figures in Legends of East and West. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.
Sergi Yılı
2014-2016, 2012, 1998
Bağış/Edinim
Acquired by Henry Walters
