Main Title: Shah Tahmasp (Houghton) Shahnama, f. 58b (TMoCA)
Image Title: f. 58b: Manuchihr kills Salm 23044365

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Fine Arts Library, Harvard University
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Harvard University Library
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Title:
Main Title: Shah Tahmasp (Houghton) Shahnama, f. 58b (TMoCA)
Image Title: f. 58b: Manuchihr kills Salm 23044365
Alternative title:
Shahnameh
Shah-Nama
Shah-Nameh
Book of Kings
Houghton Shahnama
Creator:
attributed to ‘Abd al-‘Aziz, 1. reg 1540-1549. 2. reg 1651-1681, studio of Sultan Muhammad, fl. ca. 1505-1550, 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, PersianMaterials/Techniques: opaque watercolor, gold, 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
manuscripts
paintings
Type (Narrower):
Manuscripts
Paintings
Type (Broader):
Text
Image
Subject:
Islamic art
miniatures (paintings)
manuscripts
epics
poetry
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)
Rights:
(CC BY-NC-SA) Attribution: Harvard Fine Arts Library, Special Collections SCW2016.07911
Identifier:
8001621665_URN-3:FHCL:41071147
Is part of:
Stuart Cary Welch Islamic and South Asian Photographic Collection
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