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Shahnama Project : Shahnama (Shah Tahmasp)

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<p style='text-align: justify;'><p>Three leaves from the Shah Tahmasp Shahnama. They were purchased at the Christie's sale of Tuesday 11 October 1988.</p><p>Reproduced in Folsach, For the privileged few, pp. 87-91, nos. 33-35.</p><p>Dimensions of the leaves vary slightly: 30/1988: 475x320; 31/1988: 475x315; 32/1988: 475x320; see also Meyer and Wandel, A colorful epic, nos. 33, 34, 45.</p><p>There is an enormous literature associated with this famous manuscript; see recently the production of the images of the whole text by Sheila Canby, The Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp, 2014.</p></p>

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