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Accession Number:
Ms. W. 677a-d
Title of Work:
Shahnama (1341)
Hijri Date:
741 Dhu'l-Qa'da 20
Gregorian Date:
1341 May 14
Origin:
Shiraz
Patron:
al-Hasan Qavam al-Daula wa'l-Din
Folios extant in ms.:
4
Estimated num folios in ms.:
150
Columns x Rows:
6 x 30
Page Size (h x w):
371 x 300 mm
Text Size (h x w):
289 x 240 mm
Script:
Naskh
Sample Page Folio:
237v
Ms Type:
Detached manuscript folios
Ms Status:
Various separate pages
Completion Status:
No illustrations at the moment
Illuminations in ms:
0
Illustrations in ms:
4 ( 4 Shahnama )
Illustration Records in archive:
4 (2 with image) (click here to go to illustrations below)
Last updated by:
charles
Date last updated:
2012-12-24 18:54
 
Public Notes
Four detached folios from the 1341 Inju Shahnama.

The dimensions of the loose folios are all slightly different; the measurements here are from no. 677a, which was exhibited in "The Legacy of Genghis Khan", Los Angeles, 2003, see Komaraoff & Carboni, eds., pp. 217, 247-8 and fig. 264.

For images of all four folios and some further information, see now:

http://www.thedigitalwalters.org/Data/WaltersManuscripts/html/W677/

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Formerly catalogued as 10.677a etc., which is the no. for internal storage identification.

 
References
Dating Ref:
Colophon Extracted from the colophon of the work.
Origin Ref:
Colophon Extracted from the colophon of the work.
Folio Ref:
Simpson, M.S. A reconstruction and preliminary account of the 1341 Shahnama, with some further thoughts on early Shahnama illustration. (in Persian painting from the Mongols to the Qajars. Studies in honour of Basil W. Robinson) (in Pembroke Persian Papers) (ed. Hillenbrand, R.) 3 pp. 217-47 I.B. Tauris. London. UK.
Illustration Ref:
Simpson, M.S. A reconstruction and preliminary account of the 1341 Shahnama, with some further thoughts on early Shahnama illustration. (in Persian painting from the Mongols to the Qajars. Studies in honour of Basil W. Robinson) (in Pembroke Persian Papers) (ed. Hillenbrand, R.) 3 pp. 217-47 I.B. Tauris. London. UK.