Sunday, July 10, 2011

Walters Art Museum Ms. W.597

Abridgment of the Book of Kings (Shahnama), Rustam kills the White Dīv (the seventh feat), Walters Art Museum Ms. W.597, fol. 48bAbridgment of the Book of Kings (Shahnama), Decorated incipit page with a headpiece inscribed with the basmalah, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.597, fol. 1bAbridgment of the Book of Kings (Shahnama), Z̤aḥḥāk after Satan kissed his shoulder and two snakes came out of it, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.597, fol. 6bAbridgment of the Book of Kings (Shahnama), Jamshīd halved before Z̤aḥḥāk, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.597, fol. 12bAbridgment of the Book of Kings (Shahnama), Tūr kills his brother Īraj, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.597, fol. 22bAbridgment of the Book of Kings (Shahnama), Rustam kills the inhabitants of the fortress on the mountain Sipandān, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.597, fol. 30b
Abridgment of the Book of Kings (Shahnama), Rakhsh, Rustam’s horse, kills a lion (the first feat), Walters Art Museum Ms. W.597, fol. 42bAbridgment of the Book of Kings (Shahnama), Rustam kills a dragon (the second feat), Walters Art Museum Ms. W.597, fol. 43bAbridgment of the Book of Kings (Shahnama), Rustam kills the witch who came to deceive him (the third feat), Walters Art Museum Ms. W.597, fol. 44bAbridgment of the Book of Kings (Shahnama), Rustam fights Avlād (the forth feat), Walters Art Museum Ms. W.597, fol. 45bAbridgment of the Book of Kings (Shahnama), Avlād leads Rustam to Māzandarān (the fifth feat), Walters Art Museum Ms. W.597, fol. 46bAbridgment of the Book of Kings (Shahnama), Rustam cuts of the head of Arzhang Dīv (the sixth feat), Walters Art Museum Ms. W.597, fol. 47b

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