Title

Firdausi's Parable of the Ship of Shi'ism, Folio 18v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp, ca. 1530-35.

Caption

Firdausi's Parable of the Ship of Shi'ism, Folio 18v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings), c1530-35. Creator: Mirza 'Ali.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM20A67_161

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44,7Mb (8,5Mb) / 10,5in x 16,5in / 3150 x 4960 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation people male man men arts painting country metal writing pattern book guy ship ships fire flame flames museum color golden decorative gold location century ink literature Iran Iranian miniature halo script halos Colour Patterned The Met Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art water transport poem poetry Persian Persia gold leaf 16th century sixteenth century Book of Kings Shahnama Shahnameh Shah-nameh TGN watercolour manuscript gold colour Farsi Mohammed Muhammad Ferdowsi Firdawsi Abu Ol-qasem Mansur Firdausi Mirza 'Ali Mirza Ali Firdaws¯i 'Ali Mirza Ali Mirza Heritage Art Nasta'liq Nastaliq epic poem (Abu Ol-qasem Mansur) (Firdausi) Abu'l Qasim Firdausi Tahmasp Shah of Persia Tahmasp I