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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
open 13.160.2, 5-6 open 4 4
open 13.228.11 open 46 46
open 13.228.14 open 31 30 1
open 13.228.16 open 121 121
open 13.228.17 open 45 45
close   13.228.22 open 74 74
001r Illustration at end of preface open       •        
002r Kayumars enthroned open       •        
003v Jamshid enthroned open       •        
006r Zahhak enthroned open       •        
029r The murder of Iraj open       •        
035r Manuchihr enthroned open       •        
037r Sam asks the Simurgh to return Zal open       •        
042r Zal meets Rudaba open       •        
052r The birth of Rustam open       •        
064r Rustam lifts Afrasiyab by the belt open       •        
079r Kay Kavus airborne open       •        
093r Rustam Mortally Wounds Suhrab open       •        
107r Zanga goes to Afrasiyab open       •        
120v Guruy executes Siyavush open       •        
135v Kay Kavus gives up throne in favour of Kay Khusrau open       •        
142v Farud kills Zarasp open       •        
150r Piran and Gudarz Battle open       •        
167r Rustam kills Ashkabus and his horse open       •        
176r Rustam pulls the Khaqan of Chin from his elephant by lasso open       •        
185r Rustam fights a sea monster open       •        
186r Two lovers: Colophon illustration open       •        
198v Rustam rescues Bizhan from the pit open       •        
200r Afrasiyab is dismayed and put to flight by the Iranians open       •        
234v Rustam kills Pilsam open       •        
237v Barzu battles Afrasiyab open       •        
248r Bizhan kills Human open       •        
261r The eleventh combat: Gudarz kills Piran open       •        
272v Kay Khusraw kills Shida open       •        
274r A full scale battle between the armies of Iran and Turan open       •        
290r Afrasiyab rises from the water as Garsivaz is tortured open       •        
309r love scene: colophon illustration open       •        
309v Gushtasp enthroned open       •        
319v Gushtasp puts Isfandiyar in chains open       •        
326vA Isfandiyar's first labour: he fights the wolves open       •        
326vB Isfandiyar's second labour: he fights the lions open       •        
327r Isfandiyar's third labour: he fights the dragon open       •        
328r Isfandiyar's fourth labour: he kills the sorceress open       •        
328v Isfandiyar's fifth labour: he kills the Simurgh open       •        
330v Isfandiyar kills Gurgsar during the seventh labour open       •        
349r Rustam shoots Isfandiyar in the eyes with a double-pointed arrow open       •        
351r Isfandiyar mourned open       •        
354v Rustam kills Shaghad before dying open       •        
357r The execution of Faramarz open       •        
366r Iskandar attends the dying Dara open       •        
367r Iskandar enthroned open       •        
373r Iskandar kills the Fur of Hind open       •        
381v Iskandar and the Sage Khizr seek the Fountain of Life open       •        
384v Approaching Babylon Iskandar meets Gushbistar open       •        
389r Ardavan disgraces Ardashir in their dispute over game open       •        
391v Ardavan led captive before Ardashir open       •        
395v Ardashir Babakan enthroned open       •        
406r Shapur Dhu'l Aktaf enthroned open       •        
414v Yazdagird the Sinner enthroned open       •        
416v Bahram Gur hunts in the company of Azada open       •        
418v A sea monster kills Yazdagird open       •        
420r Bahram Gur, Munzir and Nu'man receive a Persian delegation at Jahrum open       •        
421v Bahram Gur enthroned after killing the lions open       •        
425v A drunken shoemaker rides on Bahram Gur's escaped lion open       •        
431r Bahram Gur and Mahyar listen to Arzu's harp playing open       •        
444v Bahram Gur kills a dragon in India open       •        
456v Anushirvan executes Mazdak and his followers open       •        
457r Love scene: colophon illustration open       •        
457v The enthronement of Anushirvan open       •        
485r Anushirvan sits before the chessboard sent by the Raja of Hind open       •        
490v Talhand dies on the back of his elephant during the battle open       •        
512r Bahram Chubina kills the fleeing Sava Shah open       •        
530v Bahram Chubina enthroned open       •        
548v Gurdiya mourns for her brother Bahram Chubina open       •        
556v Shirin greets Khusrau Parviz returning from the hunt open       •        
559r The musician Barbad plays for Khusrau Parviz open       •        
568v Mihr Hurmuzd murders Khusrau Parviz open       •        
572r Yazdagird III enthroned open       •        
578v The miller assassinates Yazdagird open       •        
580v Bizhan kills Mahuy to avenge Yazdagird open       •        
open 1970.301 open 78 78
open 1972.285.2 open 2 2
open 1974.290.1-42, 2003.330.1-7 open 60 60
open 1974.290.43 open 13 13
open 1975.192.13 open 1 1
open 1975.192.22 open 2 2
open 1975.192.23 open 2 2
open 1975.192.24-26 open 3 3
open 1985.405.1-2, 1982.476.3-4, 1983.354.1-2, 1985.404.1-2 open 3 3
open 20.120.238-249 open 12 11 1
open 25.68.1, 34.24.1-6, 57.51.33, 69.74.1-9 open 35 35
open 29.160.21-22, 36.113.1-3, 57.51.35-36 open 13 13
open 33.70, 52.20.2 open 4 4
open 35.48, 34.72 open 4 2 2
open 38.13 open 2 2
open 40.38.1-2, 45.150 open 3 3
open 52.20.9a-d open 3 3
open 57.51.28 open 2 2
open 57.51.32 open 2 2
open 65.7.1-4 open 4 4
open 68.215.19-30 open 16 16
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
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