Great Mongol Shahnama
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The Great Mongol Shahnama is a monumental 14th-century illustrated Persian manuscript of Ferdowsi’s epic Shahnameh, renowned as one of the masterpieces of Ilkhanid book art.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ilkhanid artwork
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Persian manuscript ⓘ Shahnameh manuscript ⓘ illustrated manuscript ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Demotte Shahnama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artStyle |
Ilkhanid style
ⓘ
Perso-Mongol style ⓘ |
| associatedWith | art dealer Georges Demotte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorOfText | Ferdowsi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Shahnameh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Ilkhanid court NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsWork | Shahnameh by Ferdowsi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ilkhanate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Mongol-ruled Iran ⓘ |
| currentLocation | various collections ⓘ |
| dateOfCreation |
circa 1330
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circa 1335 ⓘ |
| genre | epic poetry ⓘ |
| iconography |
battles of Rustam
ⓘ
courtly and royal scenes ⓘ |
| influenced |
Safavid Shahnameh manuscripts
ⓘ
later Timurid manuscript painting ⓘ |
| language | Persian ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Persian literature ⓘ |
| material | paper ⓘ |
| movement | Ilkhanid book arts ⓘ |
| notableFor |
innovative pictorial style
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integration of Chinese and Western pictorial elements ⓘ large number of illustrations ⓘ monumental scale ⓘ |
| originalNumberOfIllustrations | over 190 ⓘ |
| partHeldIn |
Freer Gallery of Art
NERFINISHED
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Khalili Collection NERFINISHED ⓘ private collections ⓘ |
| partHeldIn | Louvre Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partHeldIn | Metropolitan Museum of Art NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| patron | Abu Saʿid Bahadur Khan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Tabriz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| script | Arabic script ⓘ |
| significance |
masterpiece of Ilkhanid book art
ⓘ
one of the most important illustrated Shahnameh manuscripts ⓘ |
| status | dispersed manuscript ⓘ |
| subject |
heroic deeds of Persian heroes
ⓘ
legendary kings of Iran ⓘ mythical history of Iran ⓘ |
| technique |
gold illumination
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ink and opaque watercolor ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 14th century ⓘ |
| title | Great Mongol Shahnama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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