Title

Shah-nameh by Firdausi. Persian 17th or 18th century manuscripts

Caption

Shah-nameh by Firdausi. Persian 17th or 18th century manuscripts. Eastern laid paper; black ink with with highly decorated major ?unwa¯ns; minor ?unwa¯ns in gold ink, now very faded; four columns enclosed in a thin red-blue-yellow border; text begins on folio 1b with rubrication and gold interlinear decoration up to folio 3a; folios 1b and 2a have elaobroate border of grape decoration in various shades of green and gold; catchwords on rectos

Date

2022

Credit line

Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library

Reference

ARP24A00_391

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

78,1Mb (4,0Mb) / 17,2in x 17,6in / 5174 x 5276 (300dpi)

Keywords

Shah-nameh Firdausi Persian 18th century manuscripts decorated unwa¯ns unwa¯ns columns text gold interlinear decoration border grape decoration rectos

Restrictions

Editorial use only.