Incipit Page with Illuminated Ttlepiece

Description Provenance Credit

Description This illuminated titlepiece from Walters manuscript W.600 is inscribed aghaz-i kitab-i Shahnamah (the beginning of the book of the Shahnamah) in white ink on a blue ground with polychrome decoration.

Provenance Ahmad [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [seal impression with name on fol. 1a]; Unknown owner, 1789 [mode of acquisition unknown] [ownership entry dated 12 Jumadá I 1204 AH/AD 1789 on fol. 1a]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters

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Creator

Firdawsi (Persian, died 411-416 AH/AD 1020-1025) (Author)

Period

10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid)

Medium

ink and pigments on laid paper
(Manuscripts & Rare Books)

Accession Number

W.600.14B

Measurements

H: 12 13/16 x W: 7 1/2 in. (32.5 x 19 cm)

Geographies

Iran (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View

Binding from Book of Kings (Shahnama)	Title
13th century AH/AD 19th century (?)	Period
W.600.binding	Accession

Bahram Gur Enthroned after Killing Two Lions	Title
10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid)	Period
W.600.544A	Accession
harpist, harp, musicians	Tags

Book of Kings (Shahnama)	Title
10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid)	Period
W.600	Accession
rustam, bijhan	Tags

Luhrasp Enthroned	Title
10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid)	Period
W.600.304A	Accession

A Festive gathering in a Landscape	Title
10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid)	Period
W.600.620B	Accession

Colophon	Title
10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid)	Period
W.600.620A	Accession

Bahram Gur Hunting with Azadah	Title
10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid)	Period
W.600.442A	Accession

Ardashir Recognizes Shapur During a Polo Game	Title
10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid)	Period
W.600.421A	Accession

Alexander the Great and the Dying Darius	Title
10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid)	Period
W.600.387B	Accession

Rustam Kills Isfandiyar with an Arrow	Title
10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid)	Period
W.600.367A	Accession

Luhrasp Enthroned in a Garden Pavilion	Title
10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid)	Period
W.600.303B	Accession

Gustaham Fights Lahhak and Farshidvard	Title
10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid)	Period
W.600.264B	Accession

Rustam Rescues Bizhan from the Pit	Title
10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid)	Period
W.600.236B	Accession

The Combat of Rustam and Puladvand	Title
10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid)	Period
W.600.216A	Accession

The Turanians Fight the Persians	Title
10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid)	Period
W.600.178A	Accession

Kay Khusraw Attacks the Fortress of Bahman	Title
10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid)	Period
W.600.163A	Accession

The Beheading of Siyavush	Title
10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid)	Period
W.600.145A	Accession

Rustam Mortally Wounds Suhrab	Title
10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid)	Period
W.600.115A	Accession

Rustam Slays the White Div (the 7th Feat)	Title
10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid)	Period
W.600.91A	Accession

Zal in the Court of Mihrab of Kabul	Title
10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid)	Period
W.600.48B	Accession

The Court of Kayumars	Title
10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid)	Period
W.600.17B	Accession

Text Page of Shahnamah Preface	Title
10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid)	Period
W.600.2B	Accession

Double-page Illuminated Frontispiece	Title
10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid)	Period
W.600.2A	Accession

Illuminated Medallion	Title
10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid)	Period
W.600.1A	Accession