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Main Title: Shahnama (dispersed, Sackler)
Image Title: Rustam catches Rakhsh, verso (S1986.129; 33.9 x 25.1 cm; full view) 22350162
Main Title: Shahnama (dispersed, Sackler)
Image Title: Rustam catches Rakhsh, verso (S1986.129; 33.9 x 25.1 cm; full view) 22350162
Holding institution:
Fine Arts Library, Harvard University
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Harvard University Library
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Title:
Main Title: Shahnama (dispersed, Sackler)
Image Title: Rustam catches Rakhsh, verso (S1986.129; 33.9 x 25.1 cm; full view) 22350162
Alternative title:
Shahnameh
Book of Kings
Creator:
Firdawsi, b. 940-941/329-330 AH; d. 1020-1021/411 AH, Iranian (Author)
Date:
1400
1499
15th cent.
Description:
A group of four detached folios; red rulings on cream-colored paper in six columnsCulture: Persian, IslamicMaterials/Techniques: ink, opaque watercolor, paper
Type:
still image
illuminated manuscript
Type (Narrower):
Manuscript Illuminations
Type (Broader):
Image
Subject:
Islamic art
epics
poetry
kings and rulers
histories
heroes
Provenance:
Vever Collection, Paris, France (Former repository)
Rights:
(CC BY-NC-SA) Attribution: Harvard Fine Arts Library, Special Collections SCW2016.07911
Identifier:
8001552062_URN-3:FHCL:34887244
Is part of:
Stuart Cary Welch Islamic and South Asian Photographic Collection
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