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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