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Main Title: Shah Tahmasp (Houghton) Shahnama (Cleveland, 1988.96) | Image Title: Rustam's seventh course: He kills the White Div, folio 124 from a 16696829

Title	Main Title: Shah Tahmasp (Houghton) Shahnama (Cleveland, 1988.96) \| Image Title: Rustam's seventh course: He kills the White Div, folio 124 from a 16696829
Author	Mir Musavvir, act. Tabriz, 1510-1548, India c. 1555, Iranian (Artist) \| Firdawsi, b. 940-941/329-330 AH; d. 1020-1021/411 AH, Iranian (Author)
Publication Date:	1525 \| 1530 \| 1525-1530/933-938 AH
Publication Place	- Harvard University Library
Subject	Islamic art \| miniatures (paintings) \| epics \| poetry \| illustrations (layout features) \| more \| less
Type	belge
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	47.5 x 32.2 cm
Library:	Digital Library of the Middle East
Library Asset ID	W203840_URN-3:FHCL:28264008
Record ID	harvard_scw-8260
Library Location	Fine Arts Library, Harvard University
Date	1525 \| 1530 \| 1525-1530/933-938 AH
Notes	Culture: Islamic, Persian \| Materials/Techniques: opaque watercolor, gold, silver, and ink on paper. \| Note: General note: One of the most luxurious examples of Persian book arts ever created, this monumental copy of Firdawsi's 10th c. "Shahnama" was produced in the kitabkhana (scriptorium-library) of Shah Tahmasp I in Tabriz between 1525-1530. Exceptionally large in scale, the Tahmasp Shahnama contained 760 folios w/ 258 illustrated pages. \| Note: Provenance: In 1568, the manuscript was presented to the Ottoman Sultan Selim II. The manuscript remained in Istanbul until procured for the Paris Rothchilds ca. 1900. The manuscript was virtually intact until 1959 when it was purchased by Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., and dispersed subsequently. \| more \| less
Parçası Olduğu	Stuart Cary Welch Islamic and South Asian Photographic Collection

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Main Title: Shah Tahmasp (Houghton) Shahnama (Cleveland, 1988.96) | Image Title: Rustam's seventh course: He kills the White Div, folio 124 from a 16696829

Author Mir Musavvir, act. Tabriz, 1510-1548, India c. 1555, Iranian (Artist) | Firdawsi, b. 940-941/329-330 AH; d. 1020-1021/411 AH, Iranian (Author)

Publication Date 1525 | 1530 | 1525-1530/933-938 AH

Publication Place - Harvard University Library

Type belge

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 47.5 x 32.2 cm

Library Digital Library of the Middle East

Library Asset ID W203840_URN-3:FHCL:28264008

Record ID harvard_scw-8260

Library Location Fine Arts Library, Harvard University

Date 1525 | 1530 | 1525-1530/933-938 AH

Notes Culture: Islamic, Persian | Materials/Techniques: opaque watercolor, gold, silver, and ink on paper. | Note: General note: One of the most luxurious examples of Persian book arts ever created, this monumental copy of Firdawsi's 10th c. "Shahnama" was produced in the kitabkhana (scriptorium-library) of Shah Tahmasp I in Tabriz between 1525-1530. Exceptionally large in scale, the Tahmasp Shahnama contained 760 folios w/ 258 illustrated pages. | Note: Provenance: In 1568, the manuscript was presented to the Ottoman Sultan Selim II. The manuscript remained in Istanbul until procured for the Paris Rothchilds ca. 1900. The manuscript was virtually intact until 1959 when it was purchased by Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., and dispersed subsequently. | more | less

Parçası Olduğu Stuart Cary Welch Islamic and South Asian Photographic Collection