ENGLISHPERSIAN

Lives of the Prophets (Studies in Persian Cultural History, 16) (English and Persian Edition)

By Barbara Merrill

Book information

Publisher
BRILL
Year
2018
ISBN
9004377212, 9789004377219
Language
englishpersian
Format
PDF
Filesize
14 MB (14929916 bytes)
Edition
Bilingual
Pages
360\360
Time added
2024-07-14 07:44:51

Description

In Lives of the Prophets: The Illustrations to Hafiz-i Abru's "Assembly of Chronicles" Mohamad Reza Ghiasian analyses two extant copies of the Majmaʿ al-tawarikh produced for the Timurid ruler Shahrukh (r. 1405-1447). The first manuscript is kept in Topkapı Palace and the second is widely dispersed. Codicological analysis of these manuscripts not only allows a better understanding of Hafiz-i Abru's contributions to rewriting earlier history, but has served to identify the existence of a previously unrecognised copy of the Jamiʿ al-tawarikh produced at Rashid al-Din's scriptorium. Through a meticulous close reading of both text and image, Mohamad Reza Ghiasian convincingly proves that numerous paintings of the dispersed manuscript were painted over the text before its dispersal in the early twentieth century.

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