Instructions: A search under country of origin (nom de pays): Iran turns up 185 manuscripts from Iran (incl. Images are of selected pages no whole manuscripts.īibliothèque nationale de France (B.n.F.) Mandragore, database of illuminated manuscripts of the B.n.F.
Registering on the website allows access to non water-marked preview images. Persian – 156 images Nizami – 60 images Shahnama – 45 images etc.).
Instructions: search using keywords (e.g. The British Library’s “Images Online” database University of Michigan Library – Islamic Manuscripts at Michigan (scans of more than 280 complete Islamic manuscripts, viewable cover-to-cover & downloadable) Harvard University Library – Islamic Heritage Project Princeton University Library – Princeton Digital Library of Islamic Manuscripts Temporary exhibition: A Prince’s Manuscript Unbound: Muhammad Juki’s Shahnamah (scans of 58 complete Islamic manuscripts, viewable cover-to-cover & The Freer/Sackler Galleries of the Smithsonian (Washington)įitzwilliam Museum on the Epic of Persian Refining the search can be tricky “miniature” brings up 15 items “painting” brings up 313 items (most but not all from manuscripts) “manuscript” brings up 712 items (not all of them illuminated), “codices” brings up 1,169 items (most entries with scanned images of at least a few pages) Instructions: A search under the category Islamic art brings up 12,350 items. Shahnameh Project at Princeton University
#Persian illuminated manuscripts how to#
There are a few I’m not sure how to categorize, but the rest fall under Shahnameh Projects, Museums, Libraries, and Subject guides. The HIAA listserv has been abuzz with people seeking images of miniatures for the study of the Shahnameh and Persian MSS in general.
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