Cambridge Shahnama Project
http://shahnama.caret.cam.ac.uk/new/jnama/page/
06 Dec 2010
Shahnama Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Self-description:
"This site brings you a comprehensive collection of manuscripts of the Shahnama, the Persian epic 'Book of Kings', completed by the poet Firdausi in AD 1010, together with a display of the miniature paintings in each one. There are currently about 1500 manuscripts and single pages recorded, 18,000 records of paintings, and 12,000 images from all over the world, now accessible with a few clicks of a mouse. It allows you to see and compare all the different depictions of a particular scene in the story, produced over a period of almost 600 years, and to look through the manuscripts held in different collections. [...]
Major exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, till 9 January 2011.
To mark the millennium of the completion of the poem in AD 1010, the Fitzwilliam Museum is currently presenting an exhibition of manuscripts, paintings and other objects associated with the Shahnama. View a virtual exhibition [http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/whatson/exhibitions/shahnameh/]. The catalogue of the exhibition, which is curated by Dr Barbara Brend, is published by I.B. Tauris (London) under the title, 'Epic of the Persian Kings: The Art of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh'."
Site contents:
* About the Project;
* The Shahnama;
* About the Data (# The database: rationale and contents (Organisation, The Shahnama text, Breaklines, Scene titles, Interpolated epics, Bibliography), # Geographical coverage (Dispersed manuscripts), # The images (Copyright), # Acknowledgements, # Credits (Database design, Website development, Data retrieval), # The future, # An invitation, # Contact details);
* Links [# websites concerning the Shahnama, related works, and their historical context; # websites of the institutions featured in the Archive];
* Events [incl. details of International conference: The Shahnama Millennium Conference, Clare College, Cambridge, 13-15 December 2010];
* View Archive (by Collection [# kind: collections, manuscripts, illustrations, 14Century, 15C, 16C, 17C, 18C, 19C, 20C, no date; # from: Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kuwait, Malaysia, Netherlands, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkey, UK, USA, Uzbekistan, destroyed, dispersed mss, private collections, unknown country, unknown location]);
* View Archive (by Chapter [# kind: scenes, illustrations, 14Century, 15C, 16C, 17C, 18C, 19C, 20C, no date; -2- Other epics, -2a- Bahmannama, -2b- Barzunama, -2c- Garshaspnama, -1- Preliminary materials, -1a- Illuminations, -1b- Bindings, -1c- Frontispieces and Finispieces, -1d- Preface, 0 - Introduction, 1 - Kayumars (30 years), 2 - Hushang (40 years), 3 - Tahmuras Div-band (30 years), 4 - Jamshid (700 years), 5 - Zahhak (1000 years), 6 - Faridun (500 years), 7 - Manuchihr (120 years), 8 - Nauzar (7 years), 9 - Zav son of Tahmasp (5 years), 10 - Garshasp (9 years), 11 - Kay Qubad (100 years), 12 - Kay Kavus (150 years), 12b - Kay Kavus fights the King of Hamavaran, 12c - Suhrab, 12d - Siyavush, 12e - Kay Khusrau comes to Iran, 13 - Kay Khusrau (60 years), 13b - Kamus-i Kashani, 13c - Rustam and the Khaqan-i Chin, 13d - Rustam fights Akhvan Div, 13e - Bizhan and Manizha, 13f - The Twelve Rukhs, , 13g - The Great War between Kay Khusrau and Afrasiyab, 14 - Luhrasp (120 years), 15 - Gushtasp (120 years), 16 - Bahman son of Isfandiyar (99 years), 17 - Humay (32 years), 18 - Darab (12 years), 19 - Dara son of Darab (14 years), 20 - Iskandar (14 years), 21 - The Ashkanians (200 years), 22 - The Sassanians: Ardashir Babakan (42 years), 22 - Shapur son of Ardashir (31 years), 23 - Urmuzd son of Shapur (1 year, 2 months), 24 - Bahram son of Urmuzd (3 years, 3 months, 3 days), 25 - Bahram son of Bahram (19 years), 26 - Bahram Bahramiyan (4 months), 27 - Narsi son of Bahram (9 years), 28 - Urmuzd son of Narsi (9 years), 29 - Shapur Zul-aktaf (72 years), 30 - Unnamed Chapter, 31 - Ardashir the Good (12 years), 32 - Shapur son of Shapur (5 years, 4 months), 33 - Bahram son of Shapur (14 years), 34 - Yazdagird the Sinner (21 years), 35 - Bahram Gur (1) (63 years), 35b - Bahram Gur (2), 36 - Yazdagird son of Bahram Gur (18 years), 37 - Hurmuz son of Yazdagird (1 year, 1 month), 38 - Piruz son of Yazdagird (11 years, 4 months), 39 - Balash son of Piruz (5 years, 1 month, 6 days), 40 - Qubad son of Piruz (40 years), 41 - Kisra Anushirvan (48 years), 42 - Hurmuzd (14 years), 43 - Khusrau Parviz (38 years), 44 - Qubad son of Parviz (7 months), 45 - Ardashir Shiruy (6 months), 46 - Farayin Guraz (50 days), 47 - Purandukht (6 months), 48 - Azarmdukht (4 months), 49 - Farrukhzad (1 month), 50 - Yazdagird (16 years)]);
* Bibliography;
* Search (simple, advanced);
* Sign in;
* Workbook ["A space for storing images and information in a private work space"].
URL http://shahnama.caret.cam.ac.uk/new/jnama/page/
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Iran Heritage Foundation (info--at--iranheritage.org)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Documents / Study / Online Guide
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Academic
* Scholarly usefulness of the online resource [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Essential
Please note that the above details were correct on the day of their publication. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com
06 Dec 2010
Shahnama Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Self-description:
"This site brings you a comprehensive collection of manuscripts of the Shahnama, the Persian epic 'Book of Kings', completed by the poet Firdausi in AD 1010, together with a display of the miniature paintings in each one. There are currently about 1500 manuscripts and single pages recorded, 18,000 records of paintings, and 12,000 images from all over the world, now accessible with a few clicks of a mouse. It allows you to see and compare all the different depictions of a particular scene in the story, produced over a period of almost 600 years, and to look through the manuscripts held in different collections. [...]
Major exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, till 9 January 2011.
To mark the millennium of the completion of the poem in AD 1010, the Fitzwilliam Museum is currently presenting an exhibition of manuscripts, paintings and other objects associated with the Shahnama. View a virtual exhibition [http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/whatson/exhibitions/shahnameh/]. The catalogue of the exhibition, which is curated by Dr Barbara Brend, is published by I.B. Tauris (London) under the title, 'Epic of the Persian Kings: The Art of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh'."
Site contents:
* About the Project;
* The Shahnama;
* About the Data (# The database: rationale and contents (Organisation, The Shahnama text, Breaklines, Scene titles, Interpolated epics, Bibliography), # Geographical coverage (Dispersed manuscripts), # The images (Copyright), # Acknowledgements, # Credits (Database design, Website development, Data retrieval), # The future, # An invitation, # Contact details);
* Links [# websites concerning the Shahnama, related works, and their historical context; # websites of the institutions featured in the Archive];
* Events [incl. details of International conference: The Shahnama Millennium Conference, Clare College, Cambridge, 13-15 December 2010];
* View Archive (by Collection [# kind: collections, manuscripts, illustrations, 14Century, 15C, 16C, 17C, 18C, 19C, 20C, no date; # from: Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kuwait, Malaysia, Netherlands, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkey, UK, USA, Uzbekistan, destroyed, dispersed mss, private collections, unknown country, unknown location]);
* View Archive (by Chapter [# kind: scenes, illustrations, 14Century, 15C, 16C, 17C, 18C, 19C, 20C, no date; -2- Other epics, -2a- Bahmannama, -2b- Barzunama, -2c- Garshaspnama, -1- Preliminary materials, -1a- Illuminations, -1b- Bindings, -1c- Frontispieces and Finispieces, -1d- Preface, 0 - Introduction, 1 - Kayumars (30 years), 2 - Hushang (40 years), 3 - Tahmuras Div-band (30 years), 4 - Jamshid (700 years), 5 - Zahhak (1000 years), 6 - Faridun (500 years), 7 - Manuchihr (120 years), 8 - Nauzar (7 years), 9 - Zav son of Tahmasp (5 years), 10 - Garshasp (9 years), 11 - Kay Qubad (100 years), 12 - Kay Kavus (150 years), 12b - Kay Kavus fights the King of Hamavaran, 12c - Suhrab, 12d - Siyavush, 12e - Kay Khusrau comes to Iran, 13 - Kay Khusrau (60 years), 13b - Kamus-i Kashani, 13c - Rustam and the Khaqan-i Chin, 13d - Rustam fights Akhvan Div, 13e - Bizhan and Manizha, 13f - The Twelve Rukhs, , 13g - The Great War between Kay Khusrau and Afrasiyab, 14 - Luhrasp (120 years), 15 - Gushtasp (120 years), 16 - Bahman son of Isfandiyar (99 years), 17 - Humay (32 years), 18 - Darab (12 years), 19 - Dara son of Darab (14 years), 20 - Iskandar (14 years), 21 - The Ashkanians (200 years), 22 - The Sassanians: Ardashir Babakan (42 years), 22 - Shapur son of Ardashir (31 years), 23 - Urmuzd son of Shapur (1 year, 2 months), 24 - Bahram son of Urmuzd (3 years, 3 months, 3 days), 25 - Bahram son of Bahram (19 years), 26 - Bahram Bahramiyan (4 months), 27 - Narsi son of Bahram (9 years), 28 - Urmuzd son of Narsi (9 years), 29 - Shapur Zul-aktaf (72 years), 30 - Unnamed Chapter, 31 - Ardashir the Good (12 years), 32 - Shapur son of Shapur (5 years, 4 months), 33 - Bahram son of Shapur (14 years), 34 - Yazdagird the Sinner (21 years), 35 - Bahram Gur (1) (63 years), 35b - Bahram Gur (2), 36 - Yazdagird son of Bahram Gur (18 years), 37 - Hurmuz son of Yazdagird (1 year, 1 month), 38 - Piruz son of Yazdagird (11 years, 4 months), 39 - Balash son of Piruz (5 years, 1 month, 6 days), 40 - Qubad son of Piruz (40 years), 41 - Kisra Anushirvan (48 years), 42 - Hurmuzd (14 years), 43 - Khusrau Parviz (38 years), 44 - Qubad son of Parviz (7 months), 45 - Ardashir Shiruy (6 months), 46 - Farayin Guraz (50 days), 47 - Purandukht (6 months), 48 - Azarmdukht (4 months), 49 - Farrukhzad (1 month), 50 - Yazdagird (16 years)]);
* Bibliography;
* Search (simple, advanced);
* Sign in;
* Workbook ["A space for storing images and information in a private work space"].
URL http://shahnama.caret.cam.ac.uk/new/jnama/page/
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Iran Heritage Foundation (info--at--iranheritage.org)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Documents / Study / Online Guide
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Academic
* Scholarly usefulness of the online resource [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Essential
Please note that the above details were correct on the day of their publication. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com
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