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The Eckstein Shahnama

By Will Kwiatkowski

The Eckstein Shahnama Social Sciences

The Eckstein Shahnama

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The great Persian poet Firdausi's epic Shahnama, or 'Books of Kings', written at the turn of the eleventh century CE, is a seamless tapestry of historical and legendary material prominently featuring battles and individual struggles with fierce demons and enemy champions. The first known illustrations of the poem date to the early fourteenth century CE. The splendidly illustrated and illuminated late sixteenth-century Eckstein Shahnama (so called from a distinguished previous owner, Bernard Eckstein) is one of an important group of so-called 'truncated' Shahnamas which end Firdausi's narrative with Alexander the Great. These manuscripts were long regarded as Persian, but new research suggests that, though the text is Persian and the style of the painting is apparently Persian, they were actually produced in imitation of Persian examples by Turkish workshops. This richly illustrated study confirms the Ottoman origin of this and other manuscripts in the group and demonstrates the Eckstein Shahnama in particular to be a representative example of Ottoman manuscript painting and to have had itself a significant influence on later production.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
64
Release Date:
2013-01-25
Publication Date:
2006-12-11
Publisher:
University of Washington Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0954901452
ISBN13:
9780954901455
Weight:
431 g
Height:
236 cm
Width:
297 cm
Thickness:
5 cm
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