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Shahnama Project : Shahnama (Second Small)

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Shahnama Project

<p style='text-align: justify;'><p>The first sheet acquired during Andre Leth's directorship of the David Collection, in 1981.</p><p>A further folio subsequently acquired for the collection, from this Second Small Shahnama.</p><p>For 12/1990, see Kjeld von Folsach, Art from the world of Islam in the David Collection, Copenhagen 2001, pp. 46, 70 (no. 26); and idem, For the privileged few. Islamic miniature painting from the David Collection, Copenhagen and Louisiana 2007, p. 36 (no. 7) and for 19/2006, For the privileged few, p. 37, no. 8, identified simply as 'Tabriz?, 1300-1340', recognising the uncertainties surrounding the exact dates and place of production of these early copies.</p><p>See further, Meyer and Wandel, Colorful epic, pp. 98-99, 198-199: the dimensions of the folios vary:</p><p>12/1990: 245x185, text 170x133; 19/2006: 202x164,text 164x130.</p></p>

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