Main Title: Shahnama (Chester Beatty 277)
Image Title: f.?: The head of Iraj presented to his elder brothers Tur and Salm (full view) 21092252

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Fine Arts Library, Harvard University
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Title:
Main Title: Shahnama (Chester Beatty 277)
Image Title: f.?: The head of Iraj presented to his elder brothers Tur and Salm (full view) 21092252
Alternative title:
Shahnameh
Shah-nama
Book of Kings
Creator:
Firdawsi, b. 940-941/329-330 AH; d. 1020-1021/411 AH, Iranian (Author)
Sadiqi, b. Tabriz, 1533-4/941 AH; d. Isfahan, 1609-10/1019 AH, Iranian (Illustrator)
Riza-'i 'Abbasi, Aqa, b. ?Kashan, ca. 1570/978 AH - d. ?Isfahan, 1635/1045 AH, Iranian (Painter)
Date:
1587
1597
1587-1597
Description:
Culture: IslamicNote: General note: This fragmentary manuscript contains 16 miniatures. Folio 1b is signed by Zayn al'-'Abidin al-Tabrizi, illuminator. Colophon lost or nonexistent. Attribution of miniatures varies between Sadiqi, Riza, and Muhammad Zaman. Patron believed by some scholars (Arberry, Robinson, Blochet & Wilkinson, 1962) to be Shah 'Abbas.
Type:
still image
manuscripts
paintings
Type (Narrower):
Manuscripts
Paintings
Type (Broader):
Text
Image
Subject:
calligraphy
paintings
heroes
epics
poetry
landscapes (representations)
miniatures (paintings)
illuminations
animals
Geographic region:
Place of Production: Qazvin, Ostan-e Qazvin, Iran
Provenance:
'Abbas I, Shah of Iran, 1571-1629/978-1038 AH, Iranian (Patron)
Rights:
(CC BY-NC-SA) Attribution: Harvard Fine Arts Library, Special Collections SCW2016.07911
Identifier:
W366988_URN-3:FHCL:33725003
Is part of:
Stuart Cary Welch Islamic and South Asian Photographic Collection
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