Detached folio from a dispersed copy of the Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi; text: Persian in black nasta'liq script; recto: illustration and text, The court of Gayumarth; verso: text, Siyamak slain by the black demon, four columns, twenty-five lines, marginal correction of scribal errors; one of a group of six folios. Border: The painting and the text are set in gold, green and red rulings on cream-colored paper. Arthur M. Sackler Collection
- Collection
- Google Cultural Institute Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Date published
- circa 1600
- Dates
- Safavid period
- Format
- Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
- Pages
- H x W (overall): 34.4 x 20.9 cm (13 9/16 x 8 1/4 in)
- Place Discussed
- Herat, Afghanistan
- Provider
- Smithsonian Institution
- Published in
- Afghanistan
- Reference
- S1986.222
- Rights
- Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler
- Source
- Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/27d50f161da6c9f0d76245030006f09e
