Collection ID: 0023 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

Title

Shāhʹnāmah.
شاه‌نامه

Authors

• Firdawsī
  فردوسي
• Free Library of Philadelphia. Rare Book Department. John Frederick Lewis Collection of Oriental Manuscripts

Other related names

• Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932, former owner
• Lewis, Anne Baker, 1868-1937, donor

Call number

Lewis O 58
(Philadelphia, Free Library of Philadelphia, Rare Book Department)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 2441493
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1083643701
• https://know.freelibrary.org/Record/2441493

Publisher

Free Library of Philadelphia

Language

Persian

Origin

Date

between 1800 and 1850?

Place

Iran

Summary

Copy of the Shāhnāmah with 119 miniatures. A list of rulers and the length of their rule is pasted in before the text begins (f. 1v).

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title from caption title (f. 1v).
   

Extent

539 leaves : 435 x 275 (315 x 195) mm bound to 450 x 290 mm

Foliation

Modern foliation added in pencil, upper left recto; catchwords every verso, lower left.

Support

Paper

Binding

Bound in dark brown leather over pasteboard with red leather doublure.

Layout

After the first opening, pages generally laid out in 25 lines per page in 4 columns with gold double rules between each column; border-ruled and page-opening frame-ruled.

Decoration

Dual page floriate illuminated first opening in gold, red, and blue with 5 lines of text on cloudbands (f. 1v-2r). Second illuminated header in the same colors (f. 273v). Floriate illuminated panels in gold red and blue across two columns indicate text divisions and appear numerously throughout the manuscript. 119 vividly colored miniatures, mostly half-page size (f. 19v, 23v, 27r, 42r, 45v, 52r, 55v, 57r-57v, 73v, 76r, 77v, 85r, 90r, 95r, 98r, 107r, 122r, 124v, 127v-128r, 132r, 138r, 144r, 146v, 148r, 154r, 156r, 169v, 174r, 179v-180r, 183v, 185r, 188r, 190v, 195v, 201v, 205r-205v, 215v, 217r, 227r-231v [a set of battle images], 235r-235v, 246v, 248v, 253r, 260r, 263v, 265r, 267v, 271v, 272r, 276r, 278v, 280v, 290r, 297r, 299r-299v, 300v, 304r, 306v, 311v, 316r, 318r, 320v, 322r, 324r, 329r, 333v, 336r, 339r, 340r, 342r, 328r, 354r, 355r, 356v, 358v, 363r, 365v, 367r, 371v, 376v, 388r, 395v, 399v, 420v, 431r, 435v, 437r, 441v, 454v, 463r, 473r, 477v, 481r, 484v, 487r, 493r, 499r, 500r, 503r, 507v, 511v, 526v, 530v, 533v). In many of the images, the king resembles Fatḥ-ʻAlī Shāh of the Qajar dynasty.

Script

Written in nastaʻliq in black ink; pointed.

Provenance

• Gift of Anne Baker Lewis in 1933.
   
• Formerly owned by John Frederick Lewis.
   

Subjects topical

• Persian poetry--747-1500
• Illumination of books and manuscripts--Specimens
• Manuscripts, Persian--19th century
• Manuscripts, Oriental--19th century

Genres

• Codices (bound manuscripts)
• Epic poems
• Manuscripts (documents)
• Miniatures (paintings)

Licenses

• Text

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Table of contents

• fol. 1v — List of kings
• fol. 2v — Shāhnāmah

Decorations

• fol. 2v — Dual page illumination
• fol. 3r — Dual page illumination
• fol. 3v — Example of illuminated text dividers
• fol. 19v — Illustration
• fol. 23v — Illustration
• fol. 27r — Illustration
• fol. 42r — Illustration
• fol. 45v — Illustration
• fol. 52r — Illustration
• fol. 55v — Illustration
• fol. 57r — Illustration
• fol. 57v — Illustration
• fol. 73v — Illustration
• fol. 76r — Illustration
• fol. 77v — Illustration
• fol. 85r — Illustration
• fol. 90r — Illustration
• fol. 95r — Illustration
• fol. 98r — Illustration
• fol. 107r — Illustration
• fol. 122r — Illustration
• fol. 124r — Illustration
• fol. 127v — Illustration
• fol. 128r — Illustration
• fol. 132r — Illustration
• fol. 138r — Illustration
• fol. 144r — Illustration
• fol. 146v — Illustration
• fol. 148r — Illustration
• fol. 154r — Illustration
• fol. 156r — Illustration
• fol. 169v — Illustration
• fol. 174r — Illustration
• fol. 179v — Illustration
• fol. 180r — Illustration
• fol. 183v — Illustration
• fol. 185r — Illustration
• fol. 188r — Illustration
• fol. 190v — Illustration
• fol. 195v — Illustration
• fol. 201v — Illustration
• fol. 205r — Illustration
• fol. 205v — Illustration
• fol. 215v — Illustration
• fol. 217r — Illustration
• fol. 227r — Illustration
• fol. 227v — Illustration
• fol. 228r — Illustration
• fol. 228v — Illustration
• fol. 229r — Illustration
• fol. 229v — Illustration
• fol. 230r — Illustration
• fol. 230v — Illustration
• fol. 231r — Illustration
• fol. 231v — Illustration
• fol. 235r — Illustration
• fol. 235v — Illustration
• fol. 246v — Illustration
• fol. 248v — Illustration
• fol. 253r — Illustration
• fol. 260r — Illustration
• fol. 263v — Illustration
• fol. 265r — Illustration
• fol. 267v — Illustration
• fol. 271v — Illustration
• fol. 272r — Illustration
• fol. 273v — Illuminated headpiece
• fol. 276r — Illustration
• fol. 278v — Illustration
• fol. 280v — Illustration
• fol. 290r — Illustration
• fol. 297r — Illustration
• fol. 299r — Illustration
• fol. 299v — Illustration
• fol. 300v — Illustration
• fol. 304r — Illustration
• fol. 306v — Illustration
• fol. 311v — Illustration
• fol. 316r — Illustration
• fol. 318r — Illustration
• fol. 320v — Illustration
• fol. 322r — Illustration
• fol. 324r — Illustration
• fol. 329r — Illustration
• fol. 333v — Illustration
• fol. 334v — Illustration
• fol. 336r — Illustration
• fol. 339r — Illustration
• fol. 340r — Illustration
• fol. 342r — Illustration
• fol. 348r — Illustration
• fol. 354r — Illustration
• fol. 355r — Illustration
• fol. 356v — Illustration
• fol. 358v — Illustration
• fol. 363r — Illustration
• fol. 365v — Illustration
• fol. 367r — Illustration
• fol. 370v — Illustration
• fol. 375v — Illustration
• fol. 388r — Illustration
• fol. 395v — Illustration
• fol. 399v — Illustration
• fol. 420v — Illustration
• fol. 431r — Illustration
• fol. 435v — Illustration
• fol. 437r — Illustration
• fol. 441v — Illustration
• fol. 454v — Illustration
• fol. 463r — Illustration
• fol. 473r — Illustration
• fol. 477v — Illustration
• fol. 481r — Illustration
• fol. 484v — Illustration
• fol. 487r — Illustration
• fol. 493r — Illustration
• fol. 499r — Illustration
• fol. 500r — Illustration
• fol. 503r — Illustration
• fol. 507v — Illustration
• fol. 511v — Illustration
• fol. 526v — Illustration
• fol. 530v — Illustration
• fol. 533v — Illustration