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The Walters Art Museum600 N. Charles StreetBaltimore, Maryland
21201http://www.thewalters.org/
This document is a digital facsimile of selections from a manuscript belonging to the Walters ArtMuseum, in Baltimore, Maryland, in the United States. It is one of a number of manuscriptsthat have been digitized as part of a project generously funded by the National Endowment forthe Humanities, and by an anonymous donor to the Walters Art Museum. More details aboutthe manuscripts at the Walters can be found by visiting The Walters Art Museum's websitewww.thewalters.org. For further information about this book, and online resources for Waltersmanuscripts, please contact us through the Walters Website by email, and ask for your message tobe directed to the Department of Manuscripts.
NOTE: The pages in this book are ordered from right to left. This means that to view the pages inorder, you should go the last page of the document and read what would be from “back-to-front”for a Western manuscript.
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fol. 278b:Title: Rustam combats Barzū, his grandsonForm: Illustration
fol. 289b:Title: Rustam combats Pilsum, a Turanian warriorForm: Illustration
fol. 308b:Title: Rustam rescues Bīzhan from the pitForm: Illustration
fol. 354a:Title: Kay Khusraw kills Shīdah (Pashank)Form: Illustration
Acquisition Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequest
Binding The binding is not original.
Modern black leather (no flap)
Bibliography Storey, C. A. Persian Literature: A Bio-BibliographicalSurvey, Vol. 1. (London: Luzac, 1927- ), 112-159.
Richard, Francis. Catalogue des manuscrits persans. (Paris:Bibliothèque nationale, 1989), nos. 228-9.
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Form: Illustration
fol. 42b:Title: Incipit page with illuminated headpieceForm: Incipit; headpieceLabel: This incipit page has an illuminated headpieceintroducing the Story of Sām.
fol. 72a:Title: Sām battles the dīv NihangālForm: Illustration
fol. 79b:Title: Sām lassos Faghfūr of ChinaForm: Illustration
fol. 108b:Title: Rustam kills the white elephantForm: Illustration
fol. 122a:Title: Rustam fights AfrāsiyābForm: Illustration
fol. 131b:Title: Rustam kills the White Dīv (the seventh feat)Form: Illustration
fol. 157a:Title: Rustam kills SuhrābForm: Illustration
fol. 195b:Title: Gūdarz begs Kay Khusraw to return to PersiaForm: Illustration
fol. 234a:Title: Rustam shoots AshkabūsForm: Illustration
fol. 245b:Title: Rustam drags the Khāqān of China from hiselephantForm: Illustration
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Laid paper
Extent Foliation: ii+398+ii
Collation Catchwords: Written on versos
Dimensions 16.5 cm wide by 26.0 cm high
Written surface 11.5 cm wide by 19.5 cm high
Layout Columns: 4Ruled lines: 22Framing lines in blue, red, gold, and black
Contents fols. 1b - 398b:Title: ShāhnāmahIncipit:
Text note: Text begins with the preface (dībāchah),composed on the order of Bāysunghur; incomplete atthe end; last page contains the beginning of Nāmah-iGushtāsbHand note: Written in nastaʿlīq script in black and redinkDecoration note: Fourteen illustrations (fols. 27b,42b, 72a, 79b, 108b, 122a, 131b, 157a, 195b, 234a,245b, 278b, 289b, 308b, and 354a); three illuminatedheadpieces (fols. 1b, 15b, and 42b); framing lines inblue, red, gold, and black
Decoration fol. 1b:Title: Incipit page with illuminated headpieceForm: Incipit; headpiece
fol. 15b:Title: Incipit page with illuminated headpieceForm: Incipit; headpieceLabel: This incipit page with illuminated headpieceintroduces the text of the Shāhnāmah.
fol. 27b:Title: Farīdūn and Jamshīd’s daughters Arnavāz andShahrnavāz
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Shelf mark Walters Art Museum Ms. W.601
Descriptive Title Book of kings (Shahnama)
Text title ShāhnāmahVernacular:
Author Authority name: FirdawsīAs-written name: Abū al-Qāsim Ḥasan ibn Isḥāq FirdawsīṬūsīName, in vernacular:
Note: Author dates preferred by cataloger: d. 411 or 416 AH /1020-5 CE
Abstract This is an illuminated and illustrated Safavid copy of theShāhnāmah (Book of kings) by Firdawsī (d. 411 or 416AH / 1020-5 CE), dated 1028 AH / 1618-9 CE. The text,which is incomplete, begins with the preface (dībāchah),composed on the order of Bāysunghur. It is written in blacknastaʿlīq script with chapter/section headings in red. Themanuscript contains fourteen illustrations that appear to belater additions, perhaps dating to the 13th century A.H./ 19thcentury C.E., and may have been executed in India or Iran.The black leather binding is modern.
Date 1028 AH / 1618-9 CE
Origin Iran
Form Book
Genre Historical
Language The primary language in this manuscript is Persian.
Colophon 15a:Transliteration: tammat al-Dībāchah [sic] Shahnāmah [sic]bi-tawfīq Allāh /1/ taʿālá fī shuhūr sanat thamāniyah wa-ʿishrīn wa-alf /2/ tamma tamma tamma /3/Comment: At the end of the preface
Support material Paper
This document is a digital facsimile of selections from a manuscript belonging to the Walters ArtMuseum, in Baltimore, Maryland, in the United States. It is one of a number of manuscriptsthat have been digitized as part of a project generously funded by the National Endowment forthe Humanities, and by an anonymous donor to the Walters Art Museum. More details aboutthe manuscripts at the Walters can be found by visiting The Walters Art Museum's websitewww.thewalters.org. For further information about this book, and online resources for Waltersmanuscripts, please contact us through the Walters Website by email, and ask for your message tobe directed to the Department of Manuscripts.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/legalcodePublished 2011
A digital facsimile of selections fromWaltersMs. W.601, Book of kings (Shahnama)
Title: Shāhnāmah
Published by: The Walters Art Museum600 N. Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21201
http://www.thewalters.org/
