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Timurid Illustrations from the Shahnamah
Chester Beatty MS Per 114
The fire ordeal of Siyavush.
A larger image of Defeat of the Iranians at the Battle of Ladan. Gustaham goes in pursuit of Lahhak and Farshidvard.
Rustam's seventh labour: he kills the White Div.
Akvan Div flings Rustam into the sea.
Bahram Gur fights two lions to win the throne?
Name of Object: Shahnama
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Holding Museum: The Chester Beatty Library
Date of Object: Hegira 800 / AD 1397
Museum Inventory Number: CBL Per 114
Material(s) / Technique(s): Coloured pigments and gold on paper
Dimensions: 25.8 x 16.8 cm
Period / Dynasty: Timurid
Provenance: Iran, Shiraz
Description: This volume is one half of a divided manuscript usually referred to as the Collection of Epics. These paintings belong to the half containing the Shahnama (‘Book of Kings’), which is today part of the collections of the Chester Beatty Library. The other half of the manuscript, which consists of shorter epics written in imitation of Firdausi’s Shahnama, is held by the British Library. None of the illustrations are original to the manuscript but instead were later added to it, probably about ten years after it was first produced.
Source:"Shahnama" in Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum With No Frontiers, 2021.
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