برگی از شاهنامۀ فردوسی، «رزم رستم با اشکبوس»

Rustam kills Ashkabus, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

1300; 1000

Unknown

Unknown

r - r

c. 1300

Approved Material 2018/Organic/Plant (material)/Plant fibre/Paper (material); Approved Material 2018/Materials/Coating material/Ink (material); Approved Material 2018/Materials/Colourant (material)/Pigment (material); Approved Material 2018/Inorganic/Metal (material)/Non-ferrous metal/Gold

Paper (material); Ink (material); Pigment (material); Gold

1300; 1000

Unknown

Chester Beatty Library

Naskh script

426

Approved Place 2018/Middle East/Iran

Rustam kills Ashkabus, folio from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) of Firdausi. Not recognising the hero without his horse Rakhsh, Askhabus makes the mistake of charging Rustam who is on foot. Rustam shoots at Ashkabus and his horse, killing both. Detached folio, ink, pigments and gold on paper, later mounted onto card, Persian text with chapter-heading and painting, probably Tabriz, Iran, c. 1300. This folio is from a dispersed manuscript known to scholars as the "First Small Shahnama", of which seventy-seven folios are now in the Chester Beatty. The "Small Shahnama" manuscripts are the earliest known illustrated examples of the Book of Kings (Shahnama), the epic Persian poem composed c. 1010 by Firdausi. Two manuscripts are dispersed, and a third is in the Freer Gallery in Washington, DC. Of small format, these three manuscripts are undated, but usually attributed to c. 1300 on stylistic grounds. Details of iconography confirm that production was after the Mongol invasions of Iran and Iraq, and the establishment of Ilkhanid rule in 1258.

Manuscript

Rustam kills Ashkabus, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi

Per 104.21

180 mm x 148 mm (height x width)

1300; 1000; 1310; 1010

Approved Category 2017/Manuscript/Codex/Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)

GOOD

Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)

Unknown

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Chester Beatty Library

Persian (language)

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