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2002 October 15, lot 152
 
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Accession Number:
2002 October 15, lot 152
Gregorian Date:
1520 (circa)
Origin:
Shiraz
Ownership:
Prof. Yahuda, Francis Hofer. Previously sold Sotheby's Geneva, 25 June 1985, lot 57.
Folios extant in ms.:
591
Columns x Rows:
4 x 23
Page Size (h x w):
342 x 210 mm
Text Size (h x w):
215 x 113 mm
Script:
Nasta'liq
Colophon Folio:
591
Ms Type:
Codex
Ms Status:
Complete
Completion Status:
Ready to upload to website
Illuminations in ms:
2
Illustrations in ms:
17 ( 16 Shahnama 1 Barzunama )
Illustration Records in archive:
19 (8 with image) (click here to go to illustrations below)
Last updated by:
charles
Date last updated:
2008-09-26 12:37:01
 
Public Notes

Details from Christie's sale catalogue, pp.135-9.

The ms. has been in various collections, recorded by the owners from Mughal India until modern times. Fol. 49r has 3 seal impressions in the name of Aman-khan dated 1185/1771-2, 1191/1191/1777-8 and 1193/1779-80.

The ms. is not accessible at the moment.

(Adeela Qureshi)

 
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Illustration in archive - 19     (back to top)
f. 008v
(1520)
f. 019v
Kayumars enthroned (1520)
f. 043v
The Simurgh brings Zal to Sam (1520)
f. 070v
Rustam lifts Afrasiyab by the belt (1520)
f. 118r
Siyavush plays polo before Afrasiyab (1520)
f. 128r
Siyavush taken prisoner before Afrasiyab (1520)
f. 159v
(1520)
f. 213r
(1520)
f. 239r
(1520)
f. 271r
The eleventh combat: Gudarz fights Piran (1520)
f. 303r
The execution of Afrasiyab (1520)
f. 312v
(1520)
f. 361r
Rustam shoots Isfandiyar in the eyes with a double-pointed arrow (1520)
f. 425r
Bahram Gur hunts in the company of Azada (1520)
f. 464r
Anushirvan enthroned (1520)
f. 505r
Hurmuzd enthroned (1520)
f. 548v
Bahram Chubina kills the monkey-lion (1520)
f. 587r
The miller assassinates Yazdagird (1520)