Main Title: Shah Tahmasp (Houghton) Shahnama, f.34b | Image Title: Detail view, "Faridun enthroned in the palace of Zahhak," (folio 34v) 17932438

Name: Main Title: Shah Tahmasp (Houghton) Shahnama, f.34b | Image Title: Detail view, "Faridun enthroned in the palace of Zahhak," (folio 34v) 17932438
Author: Sultan Muhammad, fl. ca. 1505-1550, Iranian, Painter B, 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.34b \| Image Title: Detail view, "Faridun enthroned in the palace of Zahhak," (folio 34v) 17932438
Author	Sultan Muhammad, fl. ca. 1505-1550, Iranian, Painter B, 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) \| borders (ornamental areas) \| Islamic art \| epics \| heroes \| kings and rulers \| battles \| more \| less
Type	kitap
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Library:	Digital Library of the Middle East
Library Asset ID	W203715_URN-3:FHCL:29643609
Record ID	harvard_scw-8168
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 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, f.34b | Image Title: Detail view, "Faridun enthroned in the palace of Zahhak," (folio 34v) 17932438

Author Sultan Muhammad, fl. ca. 1505-1550, Iranian, Painter B, 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 W203715_URN-3:FHCL:29643609

Record ID harvard_scw-8168

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 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