Back الشاهنامه الطهماسبية Arabic Şah Təhmasibin Şahnaməsi Azerbaijani শাহতাহমাসবের শাহনামা Bengali/Bangla Shahnameh de Shah Tahmasp Spanish شاهنامه تهماسبی Persian Grand Shah Nameh de Shah Tahmasp French ഷഹ്നമെഹ് ഓഫ് ഷാഹ് തഹ്മസ്പ് Malayalam شاهنومه شاءطهماسب MZN Épica dos Reis do Xá Tamaspe Portuguese Шахнаме шаха Тахмаспа Russian
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The Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp (Persian: شاهنامه شاهطهماسب) or Houghton Shahnameh is one of the most famous illustrated manuscripts of the Shahnameh, the national epic of Greater Iran, and a high point in the art of the Persian miniature. It is probably the most fully illustrated manuscript of the text ever produced. When created, the manuscript contained 759 pages, 258 of which were miniatures. These miniatures were hand-painted by the artists of the royal workshop in Tabriz under rulers Shah Ismail I and Shah Tahmasp I. Upon its completion, the Shahnameh was gifted to Ottoman Sultan Selim II in 1568. The page size is about 48 x 32 cm, and the text written in Nastaʿlīq script of the highest quality. The manuscript was broken up in the 1970s and pages are now in a number of different collections around the world.[1]
- ^ Leoni, Francesca. "The Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp: Heilbrunn Template of Art History". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 13 February 2016.