Detail View: Rylands Collection: Isfandiyar & the witch
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Image Number:
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JRL050076dc
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Reference Number:
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Persian MS 978
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Image Title:
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Isfandiyar & the witch
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Parent Work Title:
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Shahnama
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Translated Parent Work Title:
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Book of Kings
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Creator:
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Shahab-i Katib
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Creator Role:
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Calligrapher
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Creator:
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Firdawsī
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Creator Role:
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Author
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Date Created:
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1597
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Volume:
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2
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Page/Sheet:
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31a
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Image Sequence Number:
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2-031a
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Description:
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Isfandiyar's fourth labour: he kills the sorceress. Miniature: 70 x 117 mm. Script is nasta'liq. Text in 4 colums, 25 rows to the page.
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Language Code:
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per
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Subject:
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Epic poetry
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Subject:
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Persian literature
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Category of Material:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Codex
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Support:
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Paper
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Creation Site:
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Iran
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Item Height:
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272 mm
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Item Width:
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170 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights holder - Work:
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The University of Manchester Library
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References:
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Notes:
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Patron: Mirza Abu 'l-Qasim Beg
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2004-10-29
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by Gten
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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