Author
Sultan Muhammad, fl. ca. 1505-1550, Iranian (Artist) | Firdawsi, b. 940-941/329-330 AH; d. 1020-1021/411 AH, Iranian (Author)
Publication Date
1520 | 1529 | 1520s
Publication Place
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Harvard University Library
Subject
Islamic art | poetry | epics | more | less
Type
belge
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
32.7 x 21.6 cm (miniature)
Library
Digital Library of the Middle East
Library Asset ID
W203696_URN-3:FHCL:41071095
Record ID
harvard_scw-8167
Library Location
Fine Arts Library, Harvard University
Date
1520 | 1529 | 1520s
Notes
Detached folio of a dispersed manuscript; text in nasta'liq | Culture: Islamic, Persian | Materials/Techniques: opaque watercolor, gold, ink, 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
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Stuart Cary Welch Islamic and South Asian Photographic Collection
