MS 22-1948 (Manuscript Collections, The Fitzwilliam Museum)
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Contents
Summary of Contents: A fragmentary copy of Shāhnāmah by Firdawsī
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: 34 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 250 × 180 mm.
Dimensions (written): 175 × 120 mm.
Layout
The text is written in 4 columns, 23 lines.
Hand(s)
Decoration
The text is fragmentary, framed in gold. Double-page paintings are present along with decorative headings in gold and blue.
There are 25 paintings in different hands.
History
Origin: 1435-1440 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Fitzwilliam Museum by P.C. Manuk and Miss G.M. Coles, through the National Art Collections Fund,1948.
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on Francis Wormald and Phyllis M. Giles "A Descriptive Catalogue of the Additional Illuminated Manuscripts in the Fitzwilliam Museum acquired between 1895 and 1979 (excluding the McClean Collection)", Cambridge University Press, 1982; with corrections and additions supplied by Marcus Fraser and Giorgia M. Maffioli Brigatti.
Availability
The manuscript can be consulted in the Graham Robertson Study room at The Fitzwilliam Museum, on an appointment only basis. To request an appointment, please email collections@fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk citing the manuscript number.
Funding of Cataloguing
The Fitzwilliam Museum
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