Princeton University, Islamic Manuscripts Garrett no. 57G

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DS ID:

DS13459

Shelfmark:

Islamic Manuscripts Garrett no. 57G

Title:

Kitāb-i Shāhnāmah /

Author:

Firdawsī / فردوسى

Ferdowsi WIKIDATA

Date:

1654 or 5

seventeenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Persian

Persian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: ii, 569, ii leaves : paper, col. ill. ; 393 x 240 (286 x 165) mm. bound to 399 x 250 mm.

Note:

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...
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).
Acquired from Kalebdjian Frères, 1924.

Keyword:

miniatures (paintings)

illuminated manuscripts

headpieces (layout features)

Manuscripts, Persian

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9969187633506421

IIIF Manifest:

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/6b6dbd85-c985-4ae9-a239-457f5ef62817/manifest

Holding Institution:

Princeton University