Main Title: Baysunghur's Shahnama (Gulistan Palace Library, MS. 716)
Image Title: Isfandiyar kills Arjasp in the Brazen Hold (detail) 20329616

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Fine Arts Library, Harvard University
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Title:
Main Title: Baysunghur's Shahnama (Gulistan Palace Library, MS. 716)
Image Title: Isfandiyar kills Arjasp in the Brazen Hold (detail) 20329616
Alternative title:
Shahnameh
Book of Kings
Creator:
Firdawsi, b. 940-941/329-330 AH; d. 1020-1021/411 AH, Iranian (Author)
Date:
1430
c. 1430
Description:
346 folios; carpet pages; shamsah; 20 illustrations and a double-page frontispieceCulture: Persian, IslamicMaterials/Techniques: opaque watercolor, gold, ink, paper
Type:
still image
illuminated manuscript
paintings
Type (Narrower):
Manuscript Illuminations
Paintings
Type (Broader):
Image
Subject:
Islamic art
poetry
epics
kings and rulers
heroes
miniatures (paintings)
illuminations
Extent:
Covers: 38.4 x 26.5 cm
Rights:
(CC BY-NC-SA) Attribution: Harvard Fine Arts Library, Special Collections SCW2016.07911
Identifier:
8001003136_URN-3:FHCL:32602297
Is part of:
Stuart Cary Welch Islamic and South Asian Photographic Collection
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