Shâhnâmah (First half of manuscript only)

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Description
The text ends with the accession of Luhrâsp, and includes stories from the Barzûnâmah (ff.329-401)
Names
Firdawsī (Author)
Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1720 - 1725 (Inferred)
Place: Kashmîr?
Library locations
Spencer Collection
Shelf locator: Spencer Coll. Persian MS. 62
Topics
Manuscripts, Persian
Islamic painting
Firdawsī. Shāhnāmah
Genres
Manuscripts
Illuminations
Miniatures (Illuminations)
Notes
Acquisition: Purchased in Beverly Hills, 1950.
Citation/reference: Schmitz, III.11.
Content: Nine replaced folios are: 26, 50, 58, 66, 116, 133, 198, 459, and 469. Six replacement folios [seven? - 26, 50, 58, 116, 198, 459, and 469 ]have small miniatures painted in an unusual style with stippling that copies Indian or Persian lithographs of the second half of the nineteenth century. [Shmitz, p. 186]
Content: Incipit: sipâs va âfarîn mar khudây râ ... (f. 1v) / bi-nâm-i khudâvand-i jân u khirad ... (f. 17v)
Date: Date created: approximately 1133-1138 (Muslim calendar)
Physical Description
Extent: 491 folios (including 9 replacement folios). 51.2 x 31 cm. 122 miniatures.
Water damage
Cream paper
Nasta''lîq
Type of Resource
Text
Still image
Identifiers
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 9c1d03b0-c6c6-012f-0119-58d385a7bc34
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