| ISSN |
00210862 |
| Title |
Millennium of the Shahnama of Firdausi / guest editors : Firuza Abdullaeva and Charles Melville |
| Publisher |
Abingdon : Routledge, 2010 |
| Physical desc. |
166 p. ; ill. (chiefly b&w) ; 25 cm. |
| Note |
Special issue of: Iranian studies : journal of the International Society for Iranian Studies (Vol. 43, no. 1, February 2010, celebrating the millennium of the completion of the Shahnama, by Firdausi. |
| CBL illustrations: p. 139 (Per 157.370) |
| Reference to CBL exhibition on the Shahnama (November 2010-April 2011), p. 11. |
| Bibliography etc. |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Contents |
Introduction: Shahnama: the millennium of an epic masterpiece / Firuza Abdullaeva -- The Shahnama: between the Samanids and the Ghaznavids / Ghazzal Dabiri -- Hushang the dragon-slayer: fire and firearms in Safavid art and diplomacy / Galina Lassikova -- From epic to romance, via filicide? Rustam's character formation / Fraser Clark -- The trickster 'archetype' in the Shahnama / Sebastian den Uijl -- Why was the Shahnama illustrated? / Oleg Grabar -- Exploring a neglected masterpiece: the Gulistan Shahnama of Baysunghur / Robert Hillenbrand -- From tourist to pilgrim: Iskandar at the Kʻaba in illustrated Shahnama manuscripts / Marianna Shreve Simpson. |
| Person as subject |
Firdawsi -- Shahnamah |
| Subject |
Shahnama |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Per 157 |
| Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian |
| Miniature painting, Iranian |
| Epic literature, Persian |
| Epic literature, Iranian |
| Added name(s) |
Abdullaeva, F. I. (Firiuza Ibodullaevna) ed. |
| Melville, C. P. (Charles Peter) 1951- ed. |
