The the Persian book of kings Canby, Sheila R. creator text bibliography xxk New Haven Yale University press 2014 monographic eng

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359 P. color illustrations ; 34 cm. "The publication of this book commemorates the one thousandth anniversary of the completion of the Shahnama, the Persian national epic, which was written down in more than 50,000 couplets by the poet Firdausi. It also celebrates the most lavishly illustrated version of this text, a manuscript produced for the Safavid Shah Tahmasp, who ruled Iran from 1524 to 1576"--Director's Foreword, p. 7. Sheila R. Canby Published in conjunction 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 Nov. 1, 2011. Text in English and Persian. Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian 891.5511 CAN-S 9780300194548 (hbk.) 160926 20161121114449.0 vtls000183657