Princeton's great Persian book of kings : the Peck Shahnama / Marianna Shreve Simpson ; with an essay by Louise Marlow.

This lavishly illustrated volume presents a beautifully decorated, yet relatively unknown, copy of the poet Firdausi's Shahnama (Book of Kings). Held by Princeton University and called the Peck Shahnama after its donor, the work ranks among the most impressive intact 16th-century Persian manuscripts...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Simpson, Marianna Shreve, 1949- (Author) Marlow, Louise (Author)
Corporate Authors:	Princeton University. Art Museum (Organizer, Host institution) Princeton University. Library (Organizer)
Language:	English
Published:	[Princeton] : Princeton University Art Museum, [2015]
Subjects:	Firdawsī. > Shāhnāmah > Exhibitions. Manuscripts, Persian > Exhibitions. Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian > Exhibitions. Princeton University > Exhibitions. Shāhnāmah (Firdawsī) Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian. Manuscripts, Persian. Exhibition catalogs.
Genre:	Exhibitions. Exhibition catalogs.
Physical Description:	208 pages : color illustrations, map ; 34 cm
Variant Title:	Peck Shahnama. Shahnama.
Format:	Book

Contents:

The Peck Shahnama: from Shiraz to Princeton / Marianna Shreve Simpson
Marginalia in the Peck Shahnama / Louise Marlow
Catalogue / Marianna Shreve Simpson.