A King's Book of Kings
Stuart Cary Welch
Composed in the tenth century by the poet Firdowsi, the Shah-nameh or Book of Kings is Irans central literary work, a historical epic peopled with monarchs—some of inspiring goodness, others of unmatched wickedness—handsome paladins, beautiful maidens, malevolent witches, and treacherous demons. The particular manuscript of the Shah-nameh introduced here by Stuart Cary Welch, Curator of Indian and Islamic Painting at the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, is the most sumptuous one ever produced.
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Year:
1972
Publisher:
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Language:
english
Pages:
199
ISBN 10:
0500231788
ISBN 13:
9780500231784
File:
PDF, 54.96 MB
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english, 1972