Bilqis Queen of Sheba Enthroned, from the Book of Solomon (Suleymannama) by Firdausi of Bursa
Object Information
Object Information
Description
- Object no.:
- T 406.2
- Object name:
- Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)
- Title:
- Bilqis Queen of Sheba Enthroned, from the Book of Solomon (Suleymannama) by Firdausi of Bursa
- Artist and production place:
- Unknown
Istanbul
- Object category:
- Manuscript
- Collection:
- Turkish collection
- Production date:
- 1480-1510
- Dimensions:
- 444 mm x 313 mm (height x width)
- Material:
- Paper (material) Pigment (material) Ink (material)
- Language:
- Persian (language) Arabic (language)
- Script type:
- Naskh script
- Description:
- Bilqis Queen of Sheba Enthroned, from the Book of Solomon (Suleymannama) by Sharaf al-Din Musa, Firdausi of Bursa. Folio, gold and colours on paper, full-page painting depicting Bilqis (the Queen of Sheba) enthroned above horizontal rows of her subjects, including crowned women, angels, demons (divs) and monsters, left half of a double-frontipiece composition, from a manuscript dedicated to Ottoman Sultan Bayazid II, Istanbul, Turkey, c. 1480-1510
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