Shāhnāmah (DS10677) (Q46133)

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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Harvard University (990100653300203941, MS Persian 25, https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990100653300203941/catalog)
  • شاهنامه
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Shāhnāmah (DS10677)
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Harvard University (990100653300203941, MS Persian 25, https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990100653300203941/catalog)
  • شاهنامه

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Shāhnāmah
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Manuscripts, Renaissance--Iran--1550-1600
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Manuscripts, Renaissance--Iran--1500-1550
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Rustam (Iranian mythology)--Pictorial works
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Extent: 1 v. (404 leaves) : ill. ; 29 cm.
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ill.
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Written in an unidentified hand, probably in mid-16th cent. Persia, in a nastaʻlīq script in red and black ink, with 4 gold-ruled columns and some decorated borders in blue, red, and gold. Contains 3 miniatures of Rustem portraying various scenes from the poem, and 5 pencil sketches, presumably blocked for additional painted miniatures.
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Bound in red-brown goatskin with onlays and blind tooling, rebacked.
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Title and colophon information from accompanying description now removed to curatorial files.
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Gift of Mrs. Joseph L. Valentine, 1941.
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23 July 2024
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23 July 2024
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