BV 65 Shāhnāmah. / شاهنامه
Title
Shāhnāmah.شاهنامه
Authors
- Firdawsī
فردوسى
Other related names
- Neufeld, Philip, donor
Call number
BV 65(Bryn Mawr, PA, Bryn Mawr College Libraries, Special Collections)
Alternate identifiers
Publisher
Bryn Mawr College LibrariesLanguage
PersianOrigin
Copy completed on 12 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1265 A.H. (October 1849) (f. 688r).
- Date
- 1849
- Place
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India?
Summary
Clear copy of the Shāhnāmah with two prefaces. Copy includes 32 illustrations and many blank spaces left in the text as if for illustrations.
Notes
- Manuscript codex.
- Title from colophon (f. 688r).
- Owner's inscription dated 1327 (1909) written onto f. 1r.
Extent
I, 690 foliated leaves : 375 x 210 (270 x 142) mm bound to 390 x 225 mmFoliation
Contemporary foliation in Arabic-Hindu numerals in red and black ink, top, left recto, begins after the prefaces; catchwords each verso, lower left. Continuous modern foliation added in pencil, upper left recto; references in the record are to the modern foliation.Support
PaperBinding
Bound in red leather over pasteboard (Type III) with blind stamped central mandorla, two pendants on the vertical axis, cornerpieces, and 6 cartouches around the edge forming a frame; red leather pastedown and red square-and-star pattern endpapers.Layout
Decoration
Dual-page illuminated first-opening in gold and blue with text on suggestion of cloudbands (f. 1v-2r); illuminated headpieces in gold or gold and blue before each section (f. 15r, 21v, 227v, 406v, 566v); 32 illustrations, some incomplete (f. 24v, 46r, 47v, 50v, 55v, 151v, 154v, 224v-225r, 361r, 364v, 365v, 372v, 380v, 383v, 433v, 436r, 438v-439r, 446v, 448r, 453v, 462r, 469v, 488r, 494r, 497v, 502r, 513r, 526v, 602v, 628v). Textblock border ruled in gold and blue with page-opening framed in black rule. Rubrications in red.
Script
Provenance
- Gift of Philip Neufeld, in memory of Margaret Neufeld.
Subjects topical
- Persian poetry--747-1500
- Epic poetry, Persian--Early works to 1800
- Manuscripts, 19th century
Genres
- Manuscripts, Persian
- Codices (bound manuscripts)
- Manuscripts (documents)
- Illuminations (painting)
- Miniatures (paintings)
- Blind-tooled (decoration)
Licenses
-
- Text
- These images and the content of Special Collections BV 65: Shāhnāmah. are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/.
- URL
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
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- Text
- To the extent possible under law, Bryn Mawr College, Special Collections has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this metadata about Special Collections BV 65: Shāhnāmah.. This work is published from: United States. For a summary of CC0, see https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/. Legal code: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode.
- URL
- https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Decorations
- fol. 1r — Inscription
- fol. 3v — Dual-page illuminated opening
- fol. 4r — Dual-page illuminated opening
- fol. 15r — Illuminated headpiece
- fol. 15v — Table
- fol. 16r — Table
- fol. 16v — Table
- fol. 17r — Table
- fol. 18r — Table
- fol. 18v — Table
- fol. 19r — Table
- fol. 19v — Table
- fol. 20r — Table
- fol. 20v — Table
- fol. 22v — Illuminated headpiece
- fol. 24v — Illustration
- fol. 46r — Illustration
- fol. 47v — Illustration
- fol. 50v — Illustration
- fol. 55v — Illustration
- fol. 151v — Illustration
- fol. 154v — Illustration
- fol. 224v — Illustration
- fol. 225r — Illustration
- fol. 227v — Illuminated headpiece
- fol. 361r — Illustration
- fol. 364v — Illustration
- fol. 365v — Illustration
- fol. 372v — Illustration
- fol. 380v — Illustration
- fol. 383v — Illustration
- fol. 406v — Illuminated headpiece
- fol. 433v — Illustration
- fol. 436r — Illustration
- fol. 438v — Illustration
- fol. 439r — Illustration
- fol. 446v — Illustration
- fol. 448r — Illustration
- fol. 453v — Illustration
- fol. 462r — Illustration
- fol. 469v — Illustration
- fol. 488r — Illustration
- fol. 494r — Illustration
- fol. 497v — Illustration
- fol. 502r — Illustration
- fol. 513r — Illustration
- fol. 526v — Illustration
- fol. 566v — Illuminated headpiece
- fol. 602v — Illustration
- fol. 628v — Illustration
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