harvardfineartslib:Manuscript Monday!Image description: Blue and gold floral motif against pale gold
harvardfineartslib:Manuscript Monday!Image description: Blue and gold floral motif against pale gold background. The central shape contains calligraphy.Ibrahim Sultan’s Shahnama (Bodleian, Ouseley Add. 176), Image f. 12a: Shamsa Alternate transliteration Title: ShahnamehTranslation Title: Book of KingsFirdawsi, b. 940-941/329-330 AH; d. 1020-1021/411 AH, Iranian [author]ca. 1430-1435Place of production: Shiraz, Iran468 folios, nasta'liq, gilt binding:Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper11 ¼ x 7 7/8 inPersianIslamicStyle / Period: TimuridRepository: Bodleian Library, Oxford (Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom)HOLLIS Number: 8001003129 -- source link