| ISBN |
0300175868 (Yale University Press) |
| 9780300175868 (Yale University Press) |
| 9781588394361 (Metropolitan Museum of Art) |
| Title |
The Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp : the Persian book of kings / introduction by Sheila R. Canby |
| Publisher |
New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2011 |
| Physical desc. |
287 p. ; col. ill. ; 46 cm. |
| Note |
Published to coincide with the opening of the Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Later South Asia, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, on 1 November 2011. |
| Distributed by Yale University Press, New Haven and London. |
| In slip case. |
| Bibliography etc. |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 287) and list of works. |
| Contents |
Introduction: the Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp / Sheila R. Canby -- The Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp: the Persian book of kings. |
| Person as subject |
Ṭahmāsp -- I -- Shah of Iran -- 1514-1576 |
| Firdawsi -- Shahnamah -- Illustrations |
| Corporate name |
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) |
| Subject |
Shahnama |
| Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian |
| Illumination of books and manuscripts, Safavid |
| Miniature painting, Iranian |
| Epic literature, Persian Illustrations |
| Epic literature, Iranian -- Illustrations |
| Added name(s) |
Canby, Sheila R. intro. |
| Added name(s) - Corporate |
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) |
