Shāhnāmah.
- Holding institution:
- Free Library of Philadelphia, Special Collections
- Data provider:
- University of Pennsylvania Libraries
- Title:
- Shāhnāmah.
شاهنامه - Creator:
- Firdawsī
Free Library of Philadelphia. Rare Book Department. John Frederick Lewis Collection of Oriental Manuscripts - Date:
- between 1650? and 1738
- Description:
- Complete copy beginning with the 'older preface' and 23 miniatures; the colophon is missing from the end.
- Language:
- Persian
- Type (Narrower):
- Manuscripts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Codices (bound manuscripts)
Epic poems
Illuminations (painting)
Manuscripts (documents)
Miniatures (paintings)
Stamps (Provenance)
Epic poetry, Persian--Early works to 1800
Persian poetry--747-1500
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian--Specimens
Manuscripts, Persian--17th century
Manuscripts, Persian--18th century
Manuscripts, Oriental--17th century
Manuscripts, Oriental--18th century - Geographic region:
- Iran?
- Provenance:
- Gift of Anne Baker Lewis in 1933.Formerly owned by Muḥammad Jaʻfar (note dated 1177 A.H. (1763 or 1764) on f. 1r)Formerly owned by Oliver Henry Perkins (bookplate on first flyleaf recto, at front of book).Formerly owned by John Frederick Lewis.
- Extent:
- After the first opening, pages generally laid out in 25 lines per page in 4 columns with gold double rules between each column; border-ruled and pages frame-ruled with a misṭarah.
- Publisher:
- Free Library of Philadelphia
- Rights:
- These images and the content of Rare Book Department Lewis O 51: Shāhnāmah. are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/.
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- Lewis O 51
- Is part of:
- OPenn: Manuscripts of the Muslim World