COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
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Manchester~91~1
Rylands Collection
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Image Number:
Bookreader PersianMS_977
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Bookreader PersianMS_977
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Reference Number:
Persian MS 977
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Persian MS 977
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Link to Catalogue:
Parent Work Title:
Shāhnāmah
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Shāhnāmah
Parent Work Title
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Translated Parent Work Title:
Book of Kings
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Book of Kings
Translated Parent Work Title
false
Creator:
Firdawsī
creator
Firdawsī
Creator
false
Creator Role:
Author
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Author
Creator Role
false
Creator:
Daqīqī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, -980 or 981
creator
Daqīqī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, -980 or 981
Creator
false
Creator Role:
Author
creator_role
Author
Creator Role
false
Creator:
Shahab-i Katib
creator
Shahab-i Katib
Creator
false
Creator Role:
Scribe
creator_role
Scribe
Creator Role
false
Date Created:
1597 [1006 AH]
date_created
1597 [1006 AH]
Date Created
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Volume:
1
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1
Volume
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Description:
An early Mughal illustrated Shāhnāmah in two volumes comprising an incomplete and unfinished illustrated Shāhnāmah (Book of Kings), by Abū al-Qāsim Manṣūr Firdawsī (fl. ca. 940–1020). It opens with a shortened redaction of the Baysunghur preface, followed by the poem proper, of which Abū Manṣūr Daqīqī (d. ca. 980) commenced a thousand lines, but after his death, Firdawsī completed the work shortly before the year 1000 CE. He drew upon a number of pre-Islamic Pahlavi middle Persian sources, principally the now-lost Khwadāynāmag (Book of Lords) that recounted the ancient rulers of Persian until the Sassanian period, as well as Iranian mythology and folklore. Originally constructed as a large single manuscript a subsequent owner later divided into two, both volumes feature fourteen paintings in an early commercial Mughal style by three different painters, with many blank spaces intended for illustrations left incomplete. In the colophon at the end of the second volume, Shihāb Kātib states that he completed this manuscript after Friday prayers on 15 Muḥarram 1006 AH (28 Aug. 1597 CE).
description
An early Mughal illustrated Shāhnāmah in two volumes comprising an incomplete and unfinished illustrated Shāhnāmah (Book of Kings), by Abū al-Qāsim Manṣūr Firdawsī (fl. ca. 940–1020). It opens with a shortened redaction of the Baysunghur preface, followed by the poem proper, of which Abū Manṣūr Daqīqī (d. ca. 980) commenced a thousand lines, but after his death, Firdawsī completed the work shortly before the year 1000 CE. He drew upon a number of pre-Islamic Pahlavi middle Persian sources, principally the now-lost Khwadāynāmag (Book of Lords) that recounted the ancient rulers of Persian until the Sassanian period, as well as Iranian mythology and folklore. Originally constructed as a large single manuscript a subsequent owner later divided into two, both volumes feature fourteen paintings in an early commercial Mughal style by three different painters, with many blank spaces intended for illustrations left incomplete. In the colophon at the end of the second volume, Shihāb Kātib states that he completed this manuscript after Friday prayers on 15 Muḥarram 1006 AH (28 Aug. 1597 CE).
Description
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Language Code:
per
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per
Language Code
false
Language:
Persian
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Persian
Language
false
Subject:
Persian literature
subject
Persian literature
Subject
false
Subject:
Epic poetry
subject
Epic poetry
Subject
false
Subject:
Persian poetry--747-1500
subject
Persian poetry--747-1500
Subject
false
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
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Manuscripts
Category of Material
false
Sub-Category:
Codex
class
Codex
Sub-Category
false
Sub-Category:
Illustrated works
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Illustrated works
Sub-Category
false
Technique Used:
Handwriting
technique
Handwriting
Technique Used
false
Technique Used:
Illumination (image-making process)
technique
Illumination (image-making process)
Technique Used
false
Medium:
Ink
medium
Ink
Medium
false
Support:
Paper
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Paper
Support
false
Creation Site:
Iran
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Iran
Creation Site
false
Item Height:
284 mm
item_height
284 mm
Item Height
false
Item Width:
180 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Robinson, Samuel, 1794-1884, former owner
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Robinson, Samuel, 1794-1884, former owner
Provenance
false
Provenance:
Owens College, former owner
former_repository
Owens College, former owner
Provenance
false
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2023-07-10
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2023-08
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Rylands
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Rylands
Collection Code
false