Author
Firdawsī
Subject
Persian poetry--747-1500; Epic poetry, Persian
Type
Document
Language
Persian
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1142
Physical Dimensions
559 ff. Leaf height: 368 mm, width: 232 mm. Written height: 239 mm, width: 125 mm.
Library
Cambridge Digital Library
Record ID
MS-ADD-00269
Library Location
Cambridge University Library — MS Add.269
Date
Not after 1019/1610 C.E.-1610-12-31-1000-01-01
Notes
A richly illuminated and almost complete copy of the Shahnamah with less than a page missing of its prose introduction, probably copied in the 16th/17th Century C.E. The drop-shaped Golkonda seal on the first page appears to be that of Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah, Sultan of Golkunda, 1565-1612 with the date 1012 [1603/4 C.E.] and a later inscription dated 1091 [1610/11 C.E.]. There is no indication of when the manuscript was completed and no mention of its place of production. The ex libris on the first page is signed by Chas Wilkins, librarian of the East India Company with the date 15th August 1806, which indicates the manuscript's provenance. The double page frontispiece depicting Sulayman enthroned and Bilqis enthroned is followed by a luxuriously executed double page illumination in gold and polychrome [2v, 3r], which ornates the beginning of the introduction and also includes an ex libris of a royal library. The following eleven miniatures found in the text suggest an unusual choice of scenes and depict in order of their appearance: Kayumars enthroned, Guruy executing Siyavusha, Kay Khusrau appointing Tus to lead an expedition to Turan, Kamus fighting Giv and Tus, a full scale battle between the armies of Iran and Turan, Rustam rescuing Bizhan from the pit, Luhrasp enthroned, Isfandiyar's second labour: fighting the lions, Rustam killing Shaghad before dying and Bahram Gur killing a dragon in India. The manuscript is bound in multi-coloured leather with gilded medallions and ornations on the front and back cover and on the flap. This item was included in the Library’s 600th anniversary exhibition Lines of Thought: Discoveries that changed the world.
Sample Text
Incipit: [16v] In the name of the Lord of the world, the wisdom of the greatest treasurer of thought will not pass away.Explicit: [559r] Anyone who has the will of religion after death, bless me. Colophon: [559r] The Shahnameh book of Hakim Ferdowsi al-Tusi, peace and blessings be upon him, is finished.
Edinme
Donated by the East India Company in 1806.
Eklentiler
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İlişkili Ad(lar)
Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah, Sultan of Golkunda, 1565-1612
Bibliyografya
ManuscriptsCambridge,Cambridge University Library: Nn.1.20, Add.312, Add.835. Descriptions of the manuscriptCambridge University Library, A hand-list of the Muḥammadan manuscripts: including all those written in the Arabic character, preserved in the library of the University of Cambridge contributor: Edward Granville Browne (Cambridge: University Press, 1900) pp. 69.Cambridge University Library, A catalogue of the Persian manuscripts in the library of the University of Cambridge contributor: Edward Granville Browne (Cambridge: University Press, 1896) pp. 305.
Cilt
A multicoloured leather binding with gilded medallions and ornations. The spine was a later addition during a restoration in the 19th Century. The binding was restored in 1999-2002, when the codex underwent a throrough restoration and conservation in Cambridge University Library's Conservation Department by Kristine Rose and Deborah Farndell.
Veri Kaynağı
Manuscript description based on E. G. Browne: A hand-list of the Muhammadan manuscripts, including all those written in the Arabic character, preserved in the Library of the University of Cambridge. Cambridge, 1900 and E. G. Browne: A catalogue of the Persian manuscripts in the Library of the University of Cambridge. Cambridge, 1896 abbreviated by the OCIMCO project team. Image descriptions are courtesy of the Cambridge Shahnama Project. Substantial enhancements to the bibilographical and codicological decriptions have been provided by Dr. Firuza Melville of Cambridge University.
Edinme Tarihi
1806
Süsleme
Double page frontispiece depicting Sulayman enthroned [1v] and Bilqis enthroned [2r]Luxuriously executed double page shamsas in gold and polychrome containing the Baysunghur version of the prose introduction to the Shahnamah [2v, 3r]Margins decorated with feathery large blossoms in gold [18v, 19r]Unwan executed in a contrasting palette of blue, ark ultramarine blue, lilac-oinc, yellow, red, black, white and gold [16v]Text frames in red, yellow, brown and gold.Headings in white or multicoloured are enclosed in rectangular frames filled in with floral design in polychrome [20r].
Bağışçı(lar)
East India Company
Format
Codex
Fonlama
JISC
Mizanpaj
The text of the poem is written in 4 columns, 25 lines Line-height height: mm.
Materyal
Oriental cream paper, thin and slightly glossy
Köken (Provenance)
The ex libris on the first page is signed by Chas Wilkins, librarian of the East India Company with the date 15th August 1806.
Standart Başlık
شاهنامه
Edinme Bitiş Tarihi
1806-12-31
Edinme Başlangıç Tarihi
1806-01-01
Edinme Türü
acquisition
Yüzyıl 1
1000s C.E.
Yüzyıl 2
1100s C.E.
Yüzyıl 3
1200s C.E.
Yüzyıl 4
1300s C.E.
Yüzyıl 5
1400s C.E.
Yüzyıl 6
1500s C.E.
Yüzyıl 7
1600s C.E.
Oluşturma Tarihi (Bağlantı Türü)
keyword search
Tarih Aralığı
[1000-01-01 TO 1610-12-31]
Oluşturma Türü
creation
Yıl (Bitiş)
1610
Yıl (Başlangıç)
1000
Görüntü Hakları (Görüntüleme)
Cambridge University Library
Görüntü Hakları (İndirme)
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Dil 1
Persian
Metadata Hakları
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