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Details
Accession Number:
Ms 612-617, 2842-2873
Title of Work:
Shahnama (Ismail II)
Gregorian Date:
1576 (to 77)
Origin:
Qazvin
Patron:
Shah Isma'il II Safavi
Columns x Rows:
4 x
Page Size (h x w):
400 x 308 mm
Script:
Nasta'liq
Ms Type:
Detached manuscript folios
Ms Status:
Incomplete
Completion Status:
Search not completed
Illuminations in ms:
0
Illustrations in ms:
12 ( 12 Shahnama )
Illustration Records in archive:
12 (12 with image) (click here to go to illustrations below)
Last updated by:
charles
Date last updated:
2009-04-25 09:30
 
Public Notes
Twelve loose folios from the Shah Isma'il II Shahnama, with various distinct accession numbers.

For a description of the individual folios in the Reza Abbasi collection, see Sharifzadeh, Namvar-nameh, pp. 283-96.

The paintings are currently on display in the Museum; they were recently exhibited in Masterpieces of Persian Painting in the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran.

They paintings are displayed here in the order in which they occur in the text. See also under 'Dispersed mss'.

Project Notes
Details of ms. and its individual components to be completed, with references.

The 12 pictures in Reza Abbasi collection need to be merged: done except 2873.

Also, to be incorporated into the Dispersed mss. section.

 
References
Dating Ref:
Robinson, B.W. Isma'il II's copy of the Shahnama. (in Iran. Journal of the British Institute of Persian Studies) 14 pp. 1-8 London. UK.
Origin Ref:
Sharifzadeh, S.A. Namvar nameh. (1370 sh.) Ministry of Culture and Higher Education. Tehran. Iran.
Illustration Ref:
Sharifzadeh, S.A. Namvar nameh. (1370 sh.) Ministry of Culture and Higher Education. Tehran. Iran.