Great Mongol Shahnama

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:manuscript
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Demotte Shahnama
gptkbp:commissionedBy unknown patron, possibly Ilkhanid court
gptkbp:containsWorkBy gptkb:Shahnameh
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Iran
gptkbp:created gptkb:Ilkhanid_period
gptkbp:currentLocation various collections
gptkbp:dateCreated c. 1330s
gptkbp:foliosHeldAt gptkb:Freer_Gallery_of_Art
gptkb:Louvre_Museum
gptkb:Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art
gptkb:Aga_Khan_Museum
private collections
Khalili Collection
gptkbp:fragmentary yes
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Great Mongol Shahnama
gptkbp:illustrator about 57 surviving
gptkbp:influenced later Persian manuscript painting
gptkbp:language gptkb:Persian
gptkbp:namedAfter Georges Demotte (art dealer)
gptkbp:notableFor important example of Persian miniature painting
large scale and high quality of illustrations
gptkbp:originalNumberOfIllustrations about 190
gptkbp:originalPages about 280
gptkbp:pagesSurviving about 200
gptkbp:script gptkb:Naskh
Early Taliq
gptkbp:significance one of the most important illustrated manuscripts of the Shahnameh
gptkbp:style gptkb:painting
gptkb:Ilkhanid_art
gptkbp:subject Persian epic poetry
history of Persian kings
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Shahnama_manuscripts
gptkb:Shahnama_manuscript
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7