The Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp

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"The publication of this book commemorates the one thousandth anniversary of the completion of the Shahnama, the Persian national epic, which was written down in more than 50,000 couplets by the poet Firdausi. It also celebrates the most lavishly illustrated version of this text, a manuscript produced for the Safavid Shah Tahmasp, who ruled Iran from 1524 to 1576."--Director's Foreword, p. 7.

subjects: Illumination of books and manuscripts,  Art, middle eastern,  Manuscripts, facsimiles,  Iranian literature,  Iranian Illumination of books and manuscripts,  Persian Manuscripts,  Facsimiles,  Kings and rulers,  History,  Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.),  Persian Epic literature,  Illustrations