LEADER 05085ctmaa2200589Ma 4500001 9930604743506421 005 20240307032537.0 008 941103q15891590ir p 000 p per d 035 (CStRLIN)NJPG94-A438 035 |9CNT0748NE 035 (NjP)3060474-princetondb 035 |z(NjP)Voyager3060474 035 (OCoLC)ocn436108740 040 NjP |beng |eamremm |cPUL |dPUL 041 7 fas |2iso639-3 043 a-ir--- 050 4 PK6456.A1 066 |c(3 |c(4 100 0 |6880-01Firdawsī. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79094717 880 0 |6100-01/(3/rفردوسى. 240 10 |6880-02Shāhnāmah 880 10 |6240-02/(3/rشاهنامه 245 10 |6880-03Kitāb-i Shāhnāmah / |cFirdawsī al-Tūsī. 880 10 |6245-03/(4/rکتاب شاهنامه / |cفردوسى التوسى. 246 18 Shahnama with paintings. 260 [Shīrāz, |c1589 or 90] 300 475 leaves : |bpaper, col. ill. ; |c476 x 335 mm. 500 Ms. codex. 500 Text begins on fol. 12b. 500 Includes 51 miniatures; handlist of their description by Louise Marlow on file. 500 Physical description: 29 lines per page, in four columns; written in nastaʻliq on glazed paper. Volume measures 47.6 x 33.5 cm; written surface, 30 x 16.5 cm. Catchwords; some marginal notations. Some leaves have been repaired at edges. In excellent condition. 500 Decoration: Text framed in silver, red, gold, black and orange; columns separated by gold bands containing floral pattern. Text on gilt is in white; some marginal notes in red. Illuminated caption bands throughout text. Title page, following page and first page of text are elaborately illuminated. 51 miniatures by an artist of the Shīrāz school illustrate famous events of the epic. Six of these appear on opposing pages at the beginning, middle (222b-223a) and end. The margins are illuminated with gilt floral and animal motifs. 500 Origin: Copied by Qiwām ibn Muḥammad Shīrāzī in 998 H [1589 or 90] (fol. 474a); likely produced in Shīrāz. 520 Lavishly illuminated copy of the Shāhnāmah, containing 45 high quality full-page miniatures and three double-page compositions of the Shīrāz school dated 998 H [1589 or 90]. Likely produced in Shīrāz for the Safavid royal family. Bequeathed to the Princeton University Library in 1983 by Clara S. Peck, sister of Fremont C. Peck, Class of 1920. 530 Also available in an electronic version. 541 |cGift;Clara S. Peck, |d5/20/1983 |e(AM 83-173 541). 546 Persian. 561 Inscription of ownership on f. 475b of Khayrāt Khān, envoy from ʻAbd Allāh Quṭbshāh to Iṣfahān, who purchased the ms. from the daughter of Khān Aḥmad Khān of Gīlān and widow of Shāh ʻAbbās in Rajab 1040H (February 1631). The ms. was later owned by Sir George Holford, equerry to George V, and likely purchased by A. S. W. Rosenbach in 1925. The ms. was subsequently sold to Clara Peck by Rosenbach in 1946 (Marlow, 214). 563 Binding is red moroccan leather inlaid with blue and green bands and stamped in gold with floral and geometric designs. Doublures and end leaves are leather borders similar to the covers but with centers of white satin. Silk endbands in alternating stripes of blue, white and red. Violet silk bookmark with gold tassel. 581 Marlow, L. "A Persian book of kings: the Peck Shāhnāmeh" in Princeton University Library Chronicle, 46:2 (Winter 1985), pp. 192-214. 581 Clinton, J. W. and Simpson, M. S. "How Rustam killed White Div: an interdisciplinary inquiry" in Iranian Studies, 39:2, pp. 171-197. 655 7 Manuscripts, Persian |zIran |zShīrāz |y16th century. |2lcsh 655 7 Miniatures (Illuminations) |zIran |zShīrāz |y16th century. |2gmgpc 655 7 Headpieces (layout features) |zIran |zShīrāz |y16th century. |2aat 655 7 Illuminated manuscripts |zIran |zShīrāz |y16th century. |2aat 655 7 Poetry. |2lcgft |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026481 700 1 Holford, George Lindsay, |d1860-1926, |ecollector. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83139001 856 41 |uhttp://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/bg257f817 902 des |bo |6t |7m |da |f0 |e20111222 914 (OCoLC)ocn436108740 |bOCoLC |creplace |d20240306 |eprocessed |f436108740 950 |c2024-02-06 04:35:40 US/Eastern |b2021-07-12 15:22:20 US/Easternfalse