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The Shāh-nāmah of Firdausī. : With 24 illustrations from a fifteenth-century manuscript formerly in the Imperial Library, Delhi, and now in the possession of the Royal Asiatic Society

Title
The Shāh-nāmah of Firdausī. : With 24 illustrations from a fifteenth-century manuscript formerly in the Imperial Library, Delhi, and now in the possession of the Royal Asiatic Society / Described by J. V. S. Wilkinson, with an introduction on the paintings by Laurence Binyon.
Author
Wilkinson, J. V. S. (James Vere Stewart)
Publication
London : The India Society, 1931.

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  • Binyon, Laurence, 1869-1943.
  • India Society (London, England)
Description
xx, 92 pages, 24 plates (part color); 31 cm
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Note
  • "In outlining the structure of Firdausī's great epic, and sketching the principal stories, I have concentrated principally on the subjects of the miniatures in the manuscript with which the following pages are concerned."--Pref.
  • Each plate accompanied by leaf with descriptive letterpress.
Bibliography (note)
  • "Chief authorities": p. [vii]
LCCN
31009443
OCLC
ocm02880539
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Columbia University Libraries