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W.600, Book of kings (Shahnama)

Abstract

This is an illuminated and illustrated Safavid copy of the Book of kings (Shāhnāmah) by Firdawsī (d. 411 or 416 AH / 1020-5 CE), dating to the tenth century AH / sixteenth CE. The text is largely written in black nastaʿlīq script with headings in blue on a polychrome ground. The codex opens with an illuminated medallion (fol. 1a), followed by a double-page illuminated frontispiece (fols. 1b-2a), poorly preserved. The preface, ordered by Bāysunghur in 829 AH / 1425-6 CE, begins on fol. 2b. The Shāhnāmah text begins on fol. 14b with an inscribed illuminated titlepiece. It is divided into two parts. Eighteen paintings illustrate the text. The black lacquer binding with lobed central ovals and pendants is not contemporary with the manuscript and dates to the thirteenth century AH / nineteenth CE.

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    1. Upper board outside

      W.600, Upper board outside
    2. Upper board inside

      W.600, Upper board inside
    3. fol. 1a

      W.600, fol. 1a
    4. fol. 1b

      W.600, fol. 1b
    5. fol. 2a

      W.600, fol. 2a
    6. fol. 2b

      W.600, fol. 2b
    7. fol. 3a

      W.600, fol. 3a
    8. fol. 3b

      W.600, fol. 3b
    9. fol. 4a

      W.600, fol. 4a
    10. fol. 4b

      W.600, fol. 4b
    11. fol. 5a

      W.600, fol. 5a
    12. fol. 5b

      W.600, fol. 5b
    13. fol. 6a

      W.600, fol. 6a
    14. fol. 6b

      W.600, fol. 6b
    15. fol. 7a

      W.600, fol. 7a
    16. fol. 7b

      W.600, fol. 7b
    17. fol. 8a

      W.600, fol. 8a
    18. fol. 8b

      W.600, fol. 8b
    19. fol. 9a

      W.600, fol. 9a
    20. fol. 9b

      W.600, fol. 9b
    21. fol. 10a

      W.600, fol. 10a
    22. fol. 10b

      W.600, fol. 10b
    23. fol. 11a

      W.600, fol. 11a
    24. fol. 11b

      W.600, fol. 11b
    25. fol. 12a

      W.600, fol. 12a
    26. fol. 12b

      W.600, fol. 12b
    27. fol. 13a

      W.600, fol. 13a
    28. fol. 13b

      W.600, fol. 13b
    29. fol. 14a

      W.600, fol. 14a
    30. fol. 14b

      W.600, fol. 14b
    31. fol. 15a

      W.600, fol. 15a
    32. fol. 15b

      W.600, fol. 15b
    33. fol. 16a

      W.600, fol. 16a
    34. fol. 16b

      W.600, fol. 16b
    35. fol. 17a

      W.600, fol. 17a
    36. fol. 17b

      W.600, fol. 17b
    37. fol. 18a

      W.600, fol. 18a
    38. fol. 48b

      W.600, fol. 48b
    39. fol. 49a

      W.600, fol. 49a
    40. fol. 90b

      W.600, fol. 90b
    41. fol. 91a

      W.600, fol. 91a
    42. fol. 114b

      W.600, fol. 114b
    43. fol. 115a

      W.600, fol. 115a
    44. fol. 144b

      W.600, fol. 144b
    45. fol. 145a

      W.600, fol. 145a
    46. fol. 162b

      W.600, fol. 162b
    47. fol. 163a

      W.600, fol. 163a
    48. fol. 177b

      W.600, fol. 177b
    49. fol. 178a

      W.600, fol. 178a
    50. fol. 215b

      W.600, fol. 215b
    51. fol. 216a

      W.600, fol. 216a
    52. fol. 234a

      W.600, fol. 234a
    53. fol. 234b

      W.600, fol. 234b
    54. fol. 235a

      W.600, fol. 235a
    55. fol. 235b

      W.600, fol. 235b
    56. fol. 236a

      W.600, fol. 236a
    57. fol. 236b

      W.600, fol. 236b
    58. fol. 237a

      W.600, fol. 237a
    59. fol. 237b

      W.600, fol. 237b
    60. fol. 264b

      W.600, fol. 264b
    61. fol. 265a

      W.600, fol. 265a
    62. fol. 303a

      W.600, fol. 303a
    63. fol. 303b

      W.600, fol. 303b
    64. fol. 304a

      W.600, fol. 304a
    65. fol. 304b

      W.600, fol. 304b
    66. fol. 366b

      W.600, fol. 366b
    67. fol. 367a

      W.600, fol. 367a
    68. fol. 387a

      W.600, fol. 387a
    69. fol. 387b

      W.600, fol. 387b
    70. fol. 388a

      W.600, fol. 388a
    71. fol. 420b

      W.600, fol. 420b
    72. fol. 421a

      W.600, fol. 421a
    73. fol. 441b

      W.600, fol. 441b
    74. fol. 442a

      W.600, fol. 442a
    75. fol. 543b

      W.600, fol. 543b
    76. fol. 544a

      W.600, fol. 544a
    77. fol. 544b

      W.600, fol. 544b
    78. fol. 620a

      W.600, fol. 620a
    79. fol. 620b

      W.600, fol. 620b
    80. Lower board inside

      W.600, Lower board inside
    81. Lower board outside

      W.600, Lower board outside
    82. Spine

      W.600, Spine
    83. Fore-edge

      W.600, Fore-edge
    84. Head

      W.600, Head
    85. Tail

      W.600, Tail

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