Main Title: Shah Tahmasp (Houghton) Shahnama, f.166a | Image Title: Detail view, "The Fire Trial of Siyavush," (folio 166r) 16696833

Name: Main Title: Shah Tahmasp (Houghton) Shahnama, f.166a | Image Title: Detail view, "The Fire Trial of Siyavush," (folio 166r) 16696833
Author: attributed to 'Abd al-Vahhab, fl. 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.166a \| Image Title: Detail view, "The Fire Trial of Siyavush," (folio 166r) 16696833
Author	attributed to 'Abd al-Vahhab, fl. 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) \| fire \| flames \| kings and rulers \| illuminations \| epics \| Islamic art \| more \| less
Type	kitap
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Library:	Digital Library of the Middle East
Library Asset ID	W281802_URN-3:FHCL:28264016
Record ID	harvard_scw-9121
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, 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.166a | Image Title: Detail view, "The Fire Trial of Siyavush," (folio 166r) 16696833

Author attributed to 'Abd al-Vahhab, fl. 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 W281802_URN-3:FHCL:28264016

Record ID harvard_scw-9121

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, 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