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open Armenia 1 1 56 56
open Australia 2 2 2 2
open Austria 1 3 85 85
open Belgium 1 1 0
open Canada 3 35 67 9 29 19 6 2 2
open Denmark 2 37 73 6 16 31 14 2 4
open Egypt 1 7 239 71 72 49 14 11 22
open France 8 51 1022 9 202 282 282 88 111 48
open Georgia 2 6 7 1 1 5
open Germany 9 44 1217 41 179 330 426 88 101 52
open Greece 1 3 3 2 1
open Hungary 3 5 57 20 2 35
open India 36 105 2879 75 378 364 674 83 1076 17 212
open Iran 18 91 1781 4 146 623 234 88 473 213
open Iraq 1 1 0
open Ireland 2 29 632 110 62 143 151 106 58 2
open Israel 1 15 58 7 18 3 29 1
open Italy 9 12 336 1 17 91 176 51
open Kuwait 2 18 58 9 36 1 1 2 9
open Malaysia 2 4 18 2 15 1
open Netherlands 1 1 20 20
open Pakistan 19 43 235 4 15 65 147 1 3
open Poland 5 5 30 29 1
open Portugal 1 1 0
open Qatar 1 16 168 6 10 18 134
open Romania 1 1 1 1
open Russia 5 33 1147 53 149 201 451 162 131
open Singapore 1 2 2 2
open Spain 1 1 80 80
open Sweden 1 2 31 31
open Switzerland 6 133 636 45 151 200 98 23 116 1 2
open Tajikistan 2 4 39 32 7
open Turkey 6 77 1191 141 542 429 79
open UK 29 268 3928 31 715 1095 972 362 562 12 176
close USA 39 402 3180 309 254 706 984 223 582 6 113
close Ann Arbor, Special Collections Library open 1 19 19
close Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Museum of Art open 2 37 36 1
close Baltimore, The Walters Art Museum open 6 163 4 23 126 10
close Bloomington, The Lilly Library of Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana University open 2 14 1 13
close Boston, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum open 2 2 2
close Boston, Museum of Fine Arts open 47 87 16 17 19 22 3 1 9
close Bridgeport, Olsen Foundation open 2 5 2 3
close Buffalo, NY, Albright-Knox Gallery open 1 0
close Cambridge, Harvard University Art Museums open 78 96 19 10 48 14 2 1
close Cambridge, Houghton Library of the Harvard College Library open 3 5 1 3 1
Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago open 0 0
close Cincinnati, Ohio, Cincinnati Art Museum open 1 5 5
close Cleveland, Cleveland Museum of Art open 9 11 5 2 4
close Detroit, Detroit Institute of Arts open 1 1 1
Honolulu, Honolulu Academy of the Arts open 0 0
close Houston, Texas, Art and History Trust open 2 0
close Kansas, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art open 2 3 3
close Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art open 26 34 5 9 18 2
close Minneapolis, Institute of Arts open 1 0
Minneapolis, Minneapolis Institute of Art open 0 0
close New Haven, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library open 4 43 19 24
New Haven, Yale University Art Gallery open 0 0
close New Haven, Yale University Manuscript Library open 13 0
close New York, Brooklyn Museum of Art open 15 25 4 4 8 5 4
close New York , Metropolitan Museum of Art open 34 585 114 23 135 291 16 6
close New York, The Morgan Library and Museum open 2 75 5 70
New York, New York Alex Gallery open 0 0
close New York, Public Library open 12 621 211 125 277 6 2
Oregon, Portland Art Museum open 0 0
close Philadelphia, Free Library of Philadelphia open 11 510 50 142 13 41 193 71
open Lewis O. 166 open 43 43
open Lewis O. 50 open 52 50 2
open Lewis O. 51 open 30 30
close   Lewis O. 52 open 41 41
Doublure open     •          
009r Shamsa open     •          
009v Illuminated title page at start of Preface open     •          
015v Illuminated unvan over start of poem open     •          
018v Kayumars enthroned open     •          
028r Faridun binds Zahhak open     •          
035r The murder of Iraj open     •          
043r Sam asks the Simurgh to return Zal open     •          
058v Zal marries Rudaba open     •          
064r The second battle between Nauzar and Afrasiyab open     •          
071v Rustam lifts Afrasiyab by the belt open     •          
080v Rustam's seventh labour: he kills the White Div open     •          
089v Kay Kavus airborne open     •          
104v Rustam discovers Suhrab's identity open     •          
114v The fire ordeal of Siyavush open     •          
145v Kay Khusrau crosses the Oxus with Farangis and Giv open     •          
158r The Iranians mourn Farud open     •          
184r Rustam pulls the Khaqan of Chin from his elephant by lasso open     •          
187r Rustam kills Ashkabus and his horse open     •          
197v Akvan Div flings Rustam into the sea open     •          
204r Garsivaz arrests Bizhan in Manizha's appartments open     •          
204r Garsivaz arrests Bizhan in Manizha's appartments open     •          
213r Rustam rescues Bizhan from the pit open     •          
238r Barzu's mother prevents Rustam from killing Barzu open     •          
265v Bizhan kills Human open     •          
277v The first combat: Fariburz kills Gulbad open     •          
292v Kay Khusrau kills Shida open     •          
310r The execution of Garsivaz open     •          
345v Isfandiyar's fifth labour: he kills the Simurgh open     •          
365r Rustam kills Shaghad before dying open     •          
382r Rustam shoots Isfandiyar in the eyes with a double-pointed arrow open     •          
415v Bahman being entertained by Lulu open     •          
438r Scene from the Bahmannama open     •          
442r Scene from the Bahmannama open     •          
456v Combat of Azar Barzin and the Black Div open     •          
469r Bahman kills a dragon open     •          
473v Illuminated unvan open     •          
482v Iskandar attends the dying Dara open     •          
499r Khizr at the Fountain of Life open     •          
505r Iskandar dies in Babylon open     •          
open Lewis O. 53 open 28 28
open Lewis O. 54 open 11 11
open Lewis O. 55 open 25 25
open Lewis O. 56 open 17 15 2
open Lewis O. 57 open 52 1 51
open Lewis O. 58 open 130 59 71
open Lewis O. 59 open 81 81
close Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art open 3 4 3 1
close Princeton, University Library (Firestone) open 5 285 89 196
close Richmond, Virginia, Museum of Fine Arts open 1 1 1
close San Diego, San Diego Museum of Art open 22 56 34 6 10 2 2 2
San Francisco, Asian Art Museum open 0 0
Seattle, Seattle Art Museum open 0 0
close Washington DC, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery open 59 308 26 58 199 10 2 12
close Washington, D.C., Freer Gallery of Art open 31 182 104 6 7 35 24 6
close Worcester, Worcester Art Museum open 4 3 1 2
open Uzbekistan 1 13 252 128 109 3 3 9
open destroyed 2 2 1 1
open dispersed mss 1 15 506 413 34 51 8
open private collections 9 37 183 112 7 22 36 1 5
open unknown country 1 4 7 1 6
open unknown location 3 10 0