This manuscript is in an excellent condition. The binding is a dark brown leather with gold inscriptions around a central gold illuminated box. The section headings are in gold and are mostly nicely illuminated by blue paint with flowers.
The date of the manuscript makes it a rare copy - there are very few others from the first decade of the 16th century, and only one of the same year, in the Dar al-Kutub, Cairo, of Shawwal 905/April 1500 (Ch.M.).
Initial investigation by Amin Mahdavi.
Project Notes
NB exhibited in CBL Shahnama exhibition, 2010-11, with date given as c. 1575. Check.
References
Dating Ref:
Colophon
Extracted from the colophon of the work.
Origin Ref:
Minovi M. et al.
The Chester Beatty library; A catalogue of the Persian Manuscripts and Miniatures. (ed. Arberry A. J.) 1
Hodges Figgis & Co. Dublin. Ireland.
Illustration Ref:
Minovi M. et al.
The Chester Beatty library; A catalogue of the Persian Manuscripts and Miniatures. (ed. Arberry A. J.) 1
Hodges Figgis & Co. Dublin. Ireland.
