The manuscript starts with the reign of Luhrasp and covers only the second half of trhe Shahnama. A further division of the text at ff. 221v-222r (starting with the reign of Khusrau Anushirvan) shows that it was originally conceived in four sections. Section three ends on f. 220v; f. 221r is blankl; f. 221v includes an 'unvan for the start of section four, and f. 222r has blank spaces left for ornamentation that was never carried out.
The date, 1007 hijri, is written at the end of the text (f. 374r), but not in the framework of a normal colophon. The text is handsomely produced, perhaps in Iran rather than Central Asia, though see some similarities with PNS 90 in the same collection, concerning the colour scheme of the jadwal (marignal ruling).
The images, however, were clearly not executed at the time of the production of the text, appearing to be 18th-century Indian work, or else Indian style illustration that had become popular in Bukhara (the provenance of the ms.).
Many of the text rubrics are left blank.
Only a few illustrations are currently available.
References
Dating Ref:
Gyuzalyan, L.T. & Dyakonov, M.M.
Rukopisi Shakh-name v Leningradskikh sobraniiach (Manuscripts of the Shahnama in the collections of Leningrad).
Leningrad. Russia.
Origin Ref:
Gyuzalyan, L.T. & Dyakonov, M.M.
Rukopisi Shakh-name v Leningradskikh sobraniiach (Manuscripts of the Shahnama in the collections of Leningrad).
Leningrad. Russia.
Illustration Ref:
Gyuzalyan, L.T. & Dyakonov, M.M.
Rukopisi Shakh-name v Leningradskikh sobraniiach (Manuscripts of the Shahnama in the collections of Leningrad).
Leningrad. Russia.
