Main Title: Shah Tahmasp (Houghton) Shahnama, f.573a | Image Title: Full view, "Bahram Gur applies the sword to lion hunting," (folio 573r) 16198862

Name: Main Title: Shah Tahmasp (Houghton) Shahnama, f.573a | Image Title: Full view, "Bahram Gur applies the sword to lion hunting," (folio 573r) 16198862
Author: Aqa Mirak, fl. Tabriz c. 1520-1555, Mashhad c. 1555-1565, Qazvin 1565-1575(?), d. before 1576, Iranian, Painter D, 16th c., Iranian (Artist) | Firdawsi, b. 940-941/329-330 AH; d. 1020-1021/411 AH, Iranian (Author)

Title	Main Title: Shah Tahmasp (Houghton) Shahnama, f.573a \| Image Title: Full view, "Bahram Gur applies the sword to lion hunting," (folio 573r) 16198862
Author	Aqa Mirak, fl. Tabriz c. 1520-1555, Mashhad c. 1555-1565, Qazvin 1565-1575(?), d. before 1576, Iranian, Painter D, 16th c., 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	manuscripts \| miniatures (paintings) \| battles \| lions \| kings and rulers \| epics \| heroes \| warriors \| swords \| more \| less
Type	kitap
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Library:	Digital Library of the Middle East
Library Asset ID	W281914_URN-3:FHCL:27732992
Record ID	harvard_scw-9146
Library Location	Fine Arts Library, Harvard University
Date	1525 \| 1530 \| 1525-1530/933-938 AH
Notes	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
Parçası Olduğu	Stuart Cary Welch Islamic and South Asian Photographic Collection

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Main Title: Shah Tahmasp (Houghton) Shahnama, f.573a | Image Title: Full view, "Bahram Gur applies the sword to lion hunting," (folio 573r) 16198862

Author Aqa Mirak, fl. Tabriz c. 1520-1555, Mashhad c. 1555-1565, Qazvin 1565-1575(?), d. before 1576, Iranian, Painter D, 16th c., 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 kitap

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Library Digital Library of the Middle East

Library Asset ID W281914_URN-3:FHCL:27732992

Record ID harvard_scw-9146

Library Location Fine Arts Library, Harvard University

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

Notes 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

Parçası Olduğu Stuart Cary Welch Islamic and South Asian Photographic Collection