#firdawsi

[harvardfineartslib]

Manuscript Monday!

Image description: Blue and gold floral motif against pale gold background. The central shape contains calligraphy. Ibrahim Sultan's Shahnama (Bodleian, Ouseley Add. 176), Image f. 12a: Shamsa Alternate transliteration Title: Shahnameh Translation Title: Book of Kings Firdawsi, b. 940-941/329-330 AH; d. 1020-1021/411 AH, Iranian [author] ca. 1430-1435 Place of production: Shiraz, Iran 468 folios, nasta'liq, gilt binding: Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper 11 1/4 x 7 7/8 in Persian Islamic Style / Period: Timurid Repository: Bodleian Library, Oxford (Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom) HOLLIS Number: 8001003129

[wewaterlilies]

Iskandar (Alexander the Great) at the Talking Tree from a manuscript of the Shahnama (Book of Kings) by Firdawsi

[fishstickmonkey]

Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); Rustam slaying the White Div

Type: Detached manuscript folio

Historical period: 15th century

Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Geography: Iran

Freer Gallery of Art

[wewaterlilies]

Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020): " صورت تابوت اسكندر ṣūrat-i tābūt Iskandar (Picture of Alexander the Great's coffin)"

[adokal]

llustration from the 'Shahnama' (Book of Kings), by Abu'l-Qasim Manur Firdawsi (c.934-c.1020), 15th c. CE. Egyptian National Library, Cairo, Egypt.

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[sahrai]

Bahram Chubina Kills the Lion-Shaped Ape Monster Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (935–1020)

[brassmanticore]

Miniature from a copy of Firdawsi’s Shah-nama. “Isfandiyar’s Fifth Ordeal: He Must Slay the Simurgh”

Iran, Tabriz; between 1520 and 1535 Miniature: 26.5 × 23 cm

Inv. no. 32/1988

(The David Collection)

(This is really gorgeous and detailed and you can click through the image to see it full-sized).

[sahrai]

Firdevsi'nin Şehname'sinden bir savaş sahnesi.

Folio from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi (d.1020); Battle between Bahram Chubina and Sava circa 1590-1600 Safavid period Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper H: 34.6 W: 22.0 cm