Editorial'Rustam Slays Isfandiyar', Folio 466r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp, ca. 1525?30, Made in Iran, Tabriz, Opaque watercolor, ink, silver, and gold on paper, Painting: H. 7 3/4 x W. 6 11/16 in. (H. 19.7 x W. 17 cm), Codices, Painting a...
EditorialAn assembly of animals and birds. A crow and partridges sit on a hill at top centre while a simurgh, an oriole and other birds fly around. The assembly beneath includes a pink horse, a lion, a tiger, leopards, a jackal, a cat, cobras, a crocodile, elep...
EditorialThe simurgh healing Rustam. Shahnama. India, 1719. The simurgh, a bird from Persian mythology believed to be blessed with restorative powers, healing Rustam's wounds while Rakhsh waits nearby. A miniature painting from an eighteenth century manuscript ...
EditorialThe Simurgh carrying the infant Zal to her nest on Mount Alburz. A miniature painting from an eighteenth century manuscript of Muntakhab-i Shahnama, a prose version of the Shahnama and the Barzunama. Muntakhab-i Shahnama. Punjab, 1742. . . Source: Or...
EditorialAbu'l Qasim Firdausi, 'Zal is Restored to his Father Sam by the Simurgh', Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings), Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (9351020), Folio from an illustrated manuscript, ca. 130030, Attributed to Northwestern Iran or Baghdad, Ink, opaque w...
EditorialThe birth of Rustam. Muntakhab-i Shahnama. North India, 19th century. The caesarian birth of Rustam attended by the simurgh and soothsayers. A miniature painting from a ninteenth century manuscript of Muntakhab-i Shahnama, a prose version of the Shahna...
EditorialAn assembly of animals and birds. A crow and partridges sit on a hill at top centre while a simurgh, an oriole and other birds fly around. The assembly beneath includes a pink horse, a lion, a tiger, leopards, a jackal, a cat, cobras, a crocodile, elep...
EditorialSasanian Art. Ewer showing a Simurgh. Silver; chasing, gilding. Iran. 6th-early 7th century. Found in Kharkov region. The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.
EditorialThe man carried away by the ‘simurgh’ (Dharmdas). (Story told by the Indian Princess). Khamsa. ('Five Poems'). India, 1595 - 1610. Source: Or. 12208, f.195. Language: Persian.
EditorialAn assembly of animals and birds. A crow and partridges sit on a hill at top centre while a simurgh, an oriole and other birds fly around. The assembly beneath includes a pink horse, a lion, a tiger, leopards, a jackal, a cat, cobras, a crocodile, elep...
EditorialSasanian Art. Ewer showing a Simurgh. Silver; chasing, gilding. Iran. 6th-early 7th century. Found in Kharkov region. The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.
EditorialThe birth of Rustam. Muntakhab-i Shahnama. North India, 19th century. The caesarian birth of Rustam attended by the simurgh and soothsayers. A miniature painting from a ninteenth century manuscript of Muntakhab-i Shahnama, a prose version of the Shahna...
EditorialZal restored to his father Sam. Shahnama of Firdawsi, with 39 miniatures. Opaque w. 1614. Zal restored to his father Sam by the Simurgh. Luxuriant hilly landscape with a group of Sam's retainers in the foreground, which is rather rubbed and damp-staine...
EditorialThe 'simurgh' healing the wounds. Shahnama. Kazvin, Iran, c.1590-1595. The 'simurgh' healing the wounds on Rakhsh watched by Zal and Rustam. Opaque watercolour. Safavid/Qazwin style. Image taken from Shahnama. Originally published/produced in Kazvin,...
EditorialThe man carried away by the ‘simurgh’ (Dharmdas). (Story told by the Indian Princess). Khamsa. ('Five Poems'). India, 1595 - 1610. Source: Or. 12208, f.195. Language: Persian.
EditorialThe simurgh healing Rustam. Shahnama. India, 1719. The simurgh, a bird from Persian mythology believed to be blessed with restorative powers, healing Rustam's wounds while Rakhsh waits nearby. A miniature painting from an eighteenth century manuscript ...
EditorialAn assembly of animals and birds. A crow and partridges sit on a hill at top centre while a simurgh, an oriole and other birds fly around. The assembly beneath includes a pink horse, a lion, a tiger, leopards, a jackal, a cat, cobras, a crocodile, elep...
EditorialThe Simurgh carrying the infant Zal to her nest on Mount Alburz. A miniature painting from an eighteenth century manuscript of Muntakhab-i Shahnama, a prose version of the Shahnama and the Barzunama. Muntakhab-i Shahnama. Punjab, 1742. . . Source: Or...
EditorialThe sandpipers on their nest. Anvar-i Suhayli. India, 1610-1611. The sandpipers on their nest on the water while the simurgh leads the army of birds to their rescue. A miniature painting from a seventeenth century manuscript of Anvar-i Suhayli, a versi...
EditorialThe sandpipers on their nest on the water while the ‘simurgh’ leads the army of birds to their rescue. A.H. 1019 (A.D. 1610). ANWáR E SUHAILI, the Fables of Pilpay. Illustration from the Fables of Pilpay. Source: Add. 18579 f.104. Language: Persian.
Editorial'The Concourse of the Birds', Folio 11r from a Mantiq al-tair (Language of the Birds), ca. 1600, Attributed to Iran, Isfahan, Ink, opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper, Painting: H. 10 in. (25.4 cm), Codices, Painting by Habiballah of Sava (act...
Editorial'Rustam Slays Isfandiyar', Folio 466r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp, ca. 1525?30, Made in Iran, Tabriz, Opaque watercolor, ink, silver, and gold on paper, Painting: H. 7 3/4 x W. 6 11/16 in. (H. 19.7 x W. 17 cm), Codices, Painting a...
EditorialSasanian Art. Ewer showing a Simurgh. Silver; chasing, gilding. Iran. 6th-early 7th century. Found in Kharkov region. The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.
EditorialThe simurgh leading an army of birds, 1610. The sandpipers sit on their nest in the water while the simurgh leads the birds to their rescue. The simurgh is a mythical creature related to the roc and the phoenix. It lives for up to 2000 years and may ev...