EditorialPersian Art. Achaemenid period. Persepolis (Takht-e-Jamshid). Capital with a griffin, dated during the reign of Xerxes (486-465 BC). In the background, the Gate of all Nations or Gate of Xerxes. Islamic Republic of Iran.
EditorialPersian art. Achaemenid period. 5th century B.C. Persepolis (Takht-e-Jamshid). Throne Hall or the Imperial Army's hall of honour, also called the Hundred-Columns Palace. Relief depicting the different peoples of the Empire bearing the royal throne. Isl...
EditorialRuins of Persepolis, or Takht-e-Jamshid, capital of the Achaemenid Empire. Illustration by Mounier from Guillaume-Antoine Olivier?s Travels in the Ottoman Empire, Egypt and Persia, 1801. Copperplate engraving by Dell'Acqua handcoloured by Lazaretti fro...
EditorialThe youth to whom Jamshid entrusted his secrets consults an old woman. A miniature painting from a fourteenth century manuscript of Nizami's Khamsa ('Five Poems'). Khamsa. Baghdad, 1386-1388. Source: Or. 13297, f.28v. Language: Persian.
EditorialBabur entertained to a meal at the South College (1506) (Jamshid Chela). Vaki'at-i Baburi, the Memoirs of Babur, translated from the Turki original by Mirza 'Abd al-Rahim, Khan-i khanan. One hundred and forty-three miniatures (mostly with attributions)...
EditorialJamshid enthroned. Shahnama. Iran, 1446. Jamshid enthroned. A miniature painting from a fifteenth century manuscript of the epic poem of Shahnama. Image taken from Shahnama. Originally published/produced in Iran, 1446. . Source: Or. 12688, f.19. Lang...
EditorialShu'ayb, who is about to be executed, reminds Darab that they are both descended from the lines of Zuhhak and Jamshid and is pardoned by Darab. Darabnama. India, c.1580-1585. Source: Or. 4615, f.121. Language: Persian.
EditorialThe youth to whom Jamshid entrusted his secrets consults an old woman. A miniature painting from a fourteenth century manuscript of Nizami's Khamsa ('Five Poems'). Khamsa. Baghdad, 1386-1388. Source: Or. 13297, f.28v. Language: Persian.
EditorialBabur entertained to a meal at the South College (1506) (Jamshid Chela). Vaki'at-i Baburi, the Memoirs of Babur, translated from the Turki original by Mirza 'Abd al-Rahim, Khan-i khanan. One hundred and forty-three miniatures (mostly with attributions)...
EditorialJamshid with the daughter of the King of Zabulistan. Garshaspnama, a poem by Abu Nasr 'Ali ibn Ahmad Asadi of Tus on the exploits of Garshasp one of the heroes of the Shahnama. 1573. Opaque watercolour. Source: Or. 12985, f.18v. Language: Persian.
EditorialJamshid enthroned. Shahnama. Iran, 1446. Jamshid enthroned. A miniature painting from a fifteenth century manuscript of the epic poem of Shahnama. Image taken from Shahnama. Originally published/produced in Iran, 1446. . Source: Or. 12688, f.19. Lang...
EditorialJamshid sawn in half. Shahnama of Firdawsi, with 63 miniatures. 1604. Jamshid sawn in half before Zahhak. Somewhat damaged and discoloured. 9.5 by 15.5 cm. Opaque watercolour. Safavid/Isfahan style. Image taken from Shahnama of Firdawsi, with 63 minia...
EditorialShu'ayb, who is about to be executed, reminds Darab that they are both descended from the lines of Zuhhak and Jamshid and is pardoned by Darab. Darabnama. India, c.1580-1585. Source: Or. 4615, f.121. Language: Persian.
EditorialKhusrau and Shirin listening to stories told by Shirin’s maidens. (Inscription: over steps ‘O thou who art seated on the throne, O thou who art the one who controls the throne of Jamshid, may all the world be thine’. Over throne ‘The pupil of m...
EditorialJamshid Writing on a Rock. Date/Period: Ca. 1588. Illumination / watercolor painting. Opaque watercolor, gold and ink on paper. Height: 42 cm (16.5 in); Width: 26.5 cm (10.4 in).
EditorialPersian Art. Achaemenid period. Persepolis (Takht-e-Jamshid). Capital with a griffin, dated during the reign of Xerxes (486-465 BC). In the background, the Gate of all Nations or Gate of Xerxes. Islamic Republic of Iran.
EditorialARTE PERSA-AQUEMENIDA. PERSEPOLIS (TAKHT-E-JAMSHID). Ciudad palaciega iniciada en el 518 a. C. por orden de DARIO I. CAPITEL con forma de TORO (518-460 a. C.). Procede posiblemente de la Sala de Audiencias de Dario I. Museo de Arte Nelson-Atkins (The N...
EditorialPersian art. Achaemenid period. 5th century B.C. Persepolis (Takht-e-Jamshid). Throne Hall or the Imperial Army's hall of honour, also called the Hundred-Columns Palace. Relief depicting the different peoples of the Empire bearing the royal throne. Isl...
EditorialRuins of Persepolis, or Takht-e-Jamshid, capital of the Achaemenid Empire. Illustration by Mounier from Guillaume-Antoine Olivier?s Travels in the Ottoman Empire, Egypt and Persia, 1801. Copperplate engraving by Dell'Acqua handcoloured by Lazaretti fro...
EditorialPERSEPOLIS (TAKHT-E-JAMSHID). Ciudad palaciega iniciada en el 518 a. C. por orden de Dar?o I. Detalle de un CAPITEL con forma de TORO del PALACIO DE LAS CIEN COLUMNAS, lugar de reuni?n de la guardia real, conocida como "Los Inmortales". Epoca de JERJES...
EditorialARTE PERSA-AQUEMENIDA. PERSEPOLIS (TAKHT-E-JAMSHID). Ciudad palaciega mandada construir por el rey DARIO I en el 518 a. C. Vista parcial de la ESCALERA DEL PALACIO DE JERJES I (486-465 a. C.), decorada a ambos lados por un relieve de un le?n devorando ...
EditorialARTE PERSA-AQUEMENIDA. PERSEPOLIS (TAKHT-E-JAMSHID). Ciudad palaciega mandada construir por el rey DARIO I en el 518 a. C. Vista parcial de la ESCALERA DEL PALACIO DE JERJES I (486-465 a. C.), decorada a ambos lados por un relieve de un le?n devorando ...
EditorialPersian Art. Achaemenid period. Persepolis (Takht-e-Jamshid). Capital with a griffin, dated during the reign of Xerxes (486-465 BC). In the background, the Gate of all Nations or Gate of Xerxes. Islamic Republic of Iran.
EditorialARTE PERSA-AQUEMENIDA. PERSEPOLIS (TAKHT-E-JAMSHID). Ciudad palaciega iniciada en el 518 a. C. por orden de DARIO I. CAPITEL con forma de TORO (518-460 a. C.). Procede posiblemente de la Sala de Audiencias de Dario I. Museo de Arte Nelson-Atkins (The N...
EditorialPersian art. Achaemenid period. 5th century B.C. Persepolis (Takht-e-Jamshid). Throne Hall or the Imperial Army's hall of honour, also called the Hundred-Columns Palace. Relief depicting the different peoples of the Empire bearing the royal throne. Isl...