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Add MS 18188
- Record Id:
- 032-002028688
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002028688
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000050.0x000037
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 18188
- Title:
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Firdawsī, Shāhnāmah
- Scope & Content:
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Firdawsī’s epic ‘Book of kings’ without preface. Copied by Ghiyās al-Dīn Bāyazīd Ṣarrāf. It is illustrated with 72 miniatures, Turkman/Timurid style.
Dated 23 Jumadi II 891 (26 June 1486)
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002028688
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002028688
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
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500 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_18188 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Persian
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1486
- End Date:
- 1486
- Date Range:
- 1486
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Paper.
Dimensions [leaf]: 350 x 241 mm
- Custodial History:
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Purchased at Dr. Scott’s sale at Sotheby’s 15 June 1850 (Lot 146).
- Publications:
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Ch. Rieu, Catalogue of the Persian Manuscripts in the British Museum. London, 1879-1883, p. 535 .
Norah M. Titley, Miniatures from Persian Manuscripts) a Catalogue and Subject Index of Paintings from Persia, India and Turkey in the British Library and the British Museum. London, 1977, pp. 45-6.
- Exhibitions:
- Epic Iran, V&A, London, 29 May 2021 - 12 September 2021
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)