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Accession Number:
M.73.5.18
Title of Work:
Shahnama (1341)
Hijri Date:
741 Ramadan
Gregorian Date:
1341 February (to nearest hijri month)
Origin:
Shiraz
Ownership:
Nasli M. Heeramaneck Coll., gift of Joan Palevsky
Patron:
Qavam al-Daula wa'l-Din al-Hasan
Folios extant in ms.:
1
Columns x Rows:
6 x 30
Page Size (h x w):
370 x 304 mm
Text Size (h x w):
285 x 240 mm
Script:
Naskh
Sample Page Folio:
001v
Ms Type:
Single Sheet
Ms Status:
One leaf only
Completion Status:
Ready to upload to website
Illuminations in ms:
0
Illustrations in ms:
1 ( 1 Shahnama )
Illustration Records in archive:
3 (3 with image) (click here to go to illustrations below)
Last updated by:
charles
Date last updated:
2010-05-31 20:50
 
Public Notes
From the Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, gift of Joan Palevsky. This is one of two folios held by the Museum of the famous Inju'id manuscript of 1341, produced for the vizier, Qavam al-Din Hasan. The other is no. TR. 12220.24 (no image currently available).

For a reconstruction of this dispersed manuscript, see M.Shreve Simpson, A reconstruction of the 1341 Shahnama, in R. Hillenbrand, ed. Persian painting, esp. p. 244.

 
References
Dating Ref:
Colophon Extracted from the colophon of the work.
Origin Ref:
Colophon Extracted from the colophon of the work.
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.
 
 
Illustration in archive - 3     (back to top)
001v
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f. 001r
Anushirvan enthroned (1341)
f. 249r
Anushirvan enthroned (1341)