Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi
Author Abu'l Qasim Firdausi Iranian
Not on view
This monumental Safavid copy of the celebrated Shahnama epic is bound in a gleaming gilded-leather bookbinding adorned with a paintinglike landscape containing animal and birds. The figural decoration extends into the cartouches surrounding the central scene, which enclose leonine masks and flying waterbirds. The weight of the many pages within the binding has worn down the surface decoration of the main panel, but the envelope flap on the right clearly depicts wild boar, deer, cranes, fish, and a variety of foliage.
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Binding, front
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