The Tale and the Image Volume One. History and epic paintings from Iran and Turkey (The Nasser D.Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, vol. XXV)

Eleanor Sims with contributions by Manijeh Bayani and Tim Stanley

ISBN 10: 1874780803 / ISBN 13: 9781874780809

Published by Khalili Collections, 2009

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36 by 26 cm. 422 pages fully illustrated in colour. This volume of the Khalili Collection is devoted to the illustrated manuscripts and detached folios with historical and heroic epic subjects. Produced in Iran, India and Turkey, they date from the early 14th to the 20th centuries; many are of major artistic importance. A number of folios in the Collection come from manuscripts of Firdawsi s Shāhnāmah. Among them are a single folio from the Ilkhanid Great Mongol Shāhnāmah and 10 from the Shāhnāmah executed for Shah Tahmasp. Complete illustrated manuscripts of Firdawsi s epic include a splendid copy, with 62 paintings, dated AH 1011 (AD 1602). The Collection also has illustrated folios from several dispersed but significant works of universal and dynastic history, including two from the earliest surviving illustrated copy of the Ẓafarnāmah of Sharaf al-Din Yazdi. One especially important painting is a later 15th-century vision of the Prophet Muhammad and his companions in the company of Moses and the Virgin and Child. With slipcase. In publisher's shrink-wrap. Seller Inventory # ABE-1725304809175

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Title: The Tale and the Image Volume One. History ...

Publisher: Khalili Collections

Publication Date: 2009

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

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A large part of this volume is devoted to 14th to 19th century Shahnamah paintings in the Khalili Collection. Included are a folio from the Great Mongol Shahnamah, 10 folios from the celebrated manuscript painted by Shah Tahmasp, 3 folios from the Shahnamah of Shah Isma'il, and two complete Safavid copies which were once in the Mugfhal royal library. Another section of the volume is devoted to illustrations of works of history, including two folios from Ibrahim Sultan's Zafarnamah, and two from a dispersed copy of the history of Shah Isma'il Safavi. (Khalili Collections 2009)