Main Title: Shah Tahmasp (Houghton) Shahnama, f. 56b
Image Title: f. 56v: Faridun received the head of Tur (detail) 13615490
- Holding institution:
- Fine Arts Library, Harvard University
- Data provider:
- Harvard University Library
- Title:
- Main Title: Shah Tahmasp (Houghton) Shahnama, f. 56b
Image Title: f. 56v: Faridun received the head of Tur (detail) 13615490 - Alternative title:
- Shahnameh
Shah-Nama
Shah-Nameh
Houghton Shahnama
Tahmasp Shahnama - Creator:
- Sultan Muhammad, fl. ca. 1505-1550, Iranian, 'Abd al-Vahhab, fl. 16th c., Iranian (Artist)
Firdawsi, b. 940-941/329-330 AH; d. 1020-1021/411 AH, Iranian (Author) - Date:
- 1525
1530
1525-1530/933-938 AH - Description:
- Culture: Islamic, Persian, SafavidMaterials/Techniques: opaque watercolor, gold, silver, ink, paperNote: General note: One of the most luxurious examples of Persian book arts ever created, this monumental copy of Firdawsi's 10th c. "Shahnama" was produced in the kitabkhana (scriptorium-library) of Shah Tahmasp I in Tabriz between 1525-1530. Exceptionally large in scale, the Tahmasp Shahnama contained 760 folios w/ 258 illustrated pages.Note: Provenance: In 1568, the manuscript was presented to the Ottoman Sultan Selim II. The manuscript remained in Istanbul until procured for the Paris Rothchilds ca. 1900. The manuscript was virtually intact until 1959 when it was purchased by Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., and dispersed subsequently.
- Type:
- still image
illuminated manuscript - Type (Narrower):
- Manuscript Illuminations
- Type (Broader):
- Image
- Subject:
- manuscripts
miniatures (paintings)
inscriptions, Persian
Shahnama by Firdowsi, Iran
epics
kings and rulers - Geographic region:
- Place of Production: Tabriz, Azerbaijan-e Sharqi, Iran
- Provenance:
- Houghton Jr., Arthur Amory, 1906-1990, American ()Mahmud of Ghazni, r. 998-1030/388-421 AH, Tahmasp I, Shah, r. 1524-1576 (Patron)
- Extent:
- 47 x 31.8 cm
- Rights:
- (CC BY-NC-SA) Attribution: Harvard Fine Arts Library, Special Collections SCW2016.07911
- Identifier:
- 8001548346_URN-3:FHCL:26366287
- Is part of:
- Stuart Cary Welch Islamic and South Asian Photographic Collection