Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Open Access Digitised Manuscript: British Library’s Shāhnāmah manuscript (Add.5600)

British Library’s Shāhnāmah manuscript (Add.5600)

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_5600



Date: late 15th century
Title: Shāhnāmah, by Firdawsī
Content : Firdawsī’s epic the Shāhnāmah ‘Book of kings’ with the older preface. Refurbished ca 1616 (f..274r) in the studio of ʻAbd al-Raḥīm Khān Khānān. Contains 90 overpainted mniatures by attributed Mughal artists.

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