Shāhnāmah
- Holding institution:
- Princeton University Library
- Data provider:
- Princeton University Library
- Title:
- Shāhnāmah
- Creator:
- Firdawsī
- Date:
- 1654-1655
- Description:
- Abstract: Elegant illuminated copy of the Shāhnāmah, without introduction, illustrated with 36 high-quality Indian miniatures.Binding note: Binding repaired; original covers are maroon leather with panel stamp and stamped borders painted gold and blue. Doublures, now detached, are brown leather with gold-stamped central mandorla with pendants.Contents: "Miniatures: fol. 4b: Kayumars instructs son to destroy divs -- fol. 8a: Jamshid halved before Zahhak -- fol. 19a: Iraj with brothers TurContents: Sakila just before murder -- fol. 41b: Rustam's birth -- fol. 43a: Rustam slays White Elephant -- fol. 52a: Rustam catches Rakhsh -- fol. 59b: Rustam slays dragon -- fol. 62a: Rustam slays White Div -- fol. 84a: Rustam mourns Suhrab -- fol. 92a: Fire ordeal: Siyavash -- fol. 110b: Siyavash taken prisoner -- fol. 112a: Guruy executes Siyavash -- fol. 162a: Rustam slays AshkabusContents: horse -- fol. 171a: Rustam pulls Khaqan of China from elephant by lasso -- fol. 179b: Akvan Div flings Rustam into sea -- fol. 192b: Rustam rescues Bizhan from pit -- fol. 194b: Rustam fights Afrasiyab -- fol. 224a: Battle scene -- fol. 229a: Battle scene."Contents: "fol. 232b: Battle scene -- fol. 243b: Battle scene -- fol. 274b: Kay Khusraw slays Afrasiyab while Garsivaz looks on -- fol. 308b: Isfandiyar's first exploit: Fights wolves -- fol. 309b: Isfandiyar's third exploit: Battles dragon --fol. 310b: Isfandiyar's fifth exploit: Kills Simah Barzin -- fol. 321a: Bahram Gur hunts lions -- fol. 323a: Bahram Gur kills dragon which devoured youth -- fol. 331a: Bahram Gur kills wolf -- fol. 354b: Shapur cuts off noseContents: ears of King Rum -- fol. 361b: Sea monster kills Yazdigird -- fol. 387a: Rustam shoots double-pointed arrow in Isfandiyar eyes -- fol. 392a: Rustam slays Shaghad then dies -- fol. 404b: Sikandar attends dying Dara -- fol. 415a: Sikandar before Qaydafah who holds portrait -- fol. 420b: SikandarContents: Khidr seek fountain of life -- fol 421b: Sikandar encounters Israfil -- fol. 443a: Kasra Anushirvan enthroned."Ms. codex.Title from fol. 567b.Physical description: 25 lines per page, in four columns; written in nastaʻliq in black on glazed, laid Arabic paper. Headings in red; catchwords. Text framed in blue, gold, and red with outer marginal border in gold. Occasional staining and smudging; some paper repairs, particularly to reinforce miniatures. Some corrosion of paper due to verdirgris used in borders. Fol. 258-259 bound in reverse order; fol. 307 should be bound after fol. 310. Otherwise in excellent condition.Decoration: On fol. 1b-2a, 277b-278a (beginning of book 3), 442b-443a (beginning of book 4), lavishly illuminated ʻunwāns and borders, primarily in gold and blue, with text set within clouds on gold ground. With 36 high-quality Indian miniatures.Origin: Copy completed 1065 H 1654 or 5 (fol. 569a).
- Language:
- Persian
- Type:
- Headpieces (layout features)
Illuminated manuscripts - Subject:
- Headpieces (layout features)—Islamic countries—17th century
- Provenance:
- Acquired from Kalebdjian Frères, 1924.
- Extent:
- ii, 569, ii leaves : paper, col. ill. ; 393 x 240 (286 x 165) mm. bound to 399 x 250 mm.
- Publisher:
- 1654 or 5
- Rights:
- https://rbsc.princeton.edu/services/imaging-publication-services
- Identifier:
- ark:/88435/dcfx719z13h
- Is part of:
- Shahnamah