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Detail View: Rylands Collection: Double title-page

Image Number: 
JRL030169tr
Reference Number: 
Persian MS 933
Image Title: 
Double title-page
Parent Work Title: 
Shahnama
Translated Parent Work Title: 
Book of Kings
Creator: 
Firdawsī
Creator Role: 
Author
Date Created: 
1780 [1195 AH]
Page/Sheet: 
6b-7a
Image Sequence Number: 
006b
Description: 
Illuminated double title-page at the beginning of the poem itself.
Language Code: 
per
Subject: 
Epic poetry
Subject: 
Persian literature
Category of Material: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Codex
Technique Used: 
Handwriting
Technique Used: 
Illumination (image-making process)
Creation Site: 
India: Western India States
Style Period: 
Timurid period
Item Height: 
Folio: 400 mm
Item Width: 
Folio: 292 mm
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights: 
Creative Commons License
References: 
B.W. Robinson, 'Persian Paintings in the John Rylands Library' (1980)
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB
Collection Code: 
Rylands