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Accession Number:
1948-12-11-020 - 022
Title of Work:
Shahnama (Second Small)
Gregorian Date:
1300 (circa)
Origin:
Baghdad
Ownership:
Bequethed by Sir Bernard Eckstein, bart.
Folios extant in ms.:
1
Columns x Rows:
6 x 29
Text Size (h x w):
155 x 122 mm
Script:
Naskh
Ms Type:
Detached manuscript folios
Ms Status:
Single Sheets
Completion Status:
Ready to upload to website
Illuminations in ms:
0
Illustrations in ms:
3 ( 3 Shahnama )
Illustration Records in archive:
3 (3 with image) (click here to go to illustrations below)
Last updated by:
charles
Date last updated:
2010-02-09 08:28
 
Public Notes
Three leaves from the Second Small Shahnama. See also under Dispersed mss., Second Small. The most thorough study of the manuscript remains the work of Shreve Simpson, The illustration of an epic, see esp. pp. 89-97 on the characteristics of the manuscript and its text.
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022 is text: 155 x 122

 
References
General Ref:
Simpson, M.S. The illustration of an epic: The earliest Shahnama Manuscripts. Garland Publishing, Inc.. New York. USA.
Dating Ref:
Titley, N.M. Miniatures from Persian manuscripts. Catalogue and subject index of paintings from Persia, India and Turkey in the British Library and British Museum. London. UK.
Origin Ref:
Titley, N.M. Miniatures from Persian manuscripts. Catalogue and subject index of paintings from Persia, India and Turkey in the British Library and British Museum. London. UK.
 
 
Illustration in archive - 3     (back to top)
f. 001
The birth of Faridun (1300)
f. 002
The eleventh combat: Gudarz kills Piran (1300)
f. 003
Isfandiyar lassoes the Turanian hero Gurgsar (1300)