If I had to pick a single image to sum up my day-to-day work @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social, it would be a frontispiece in lapis blue and gold like this one from a 1494 copy the #Shahnamah of #Firdawsi. Still, I never get tired of them 💙💛 #persian #manuscripts www.fihrist.org.uk/catalog/manu...
November 27, 2024 at 5:06 PM
If I had to pick a single image to sum up my day-to-day work @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social, it would be a frontispiece in lapis blue and gold like this one from a 1494 copy the #Shahnamah of #Firdawsi. Still, I never get tired of them 💙💛 #persian #manuscripts www.fihrist.org.uk/catalog/manu...
Done & dusted. The painting itself was done by an unknown artist sometime in the 16th century; it depicts the “First Meeting of Rostam and his Grandfather, Sam” from the Iranian national epic, the Shanama (Book of Kings) by Firdawsi (c934-c1020.
November 16, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Done & dusted. The painting itself was done by an unknown artist sometime in the 16th century; it depicts the “First Meeting of Rostam and his Grandfather, Sam” from the Iranian national epic, the Shanama (Book of Kings) by Firdawsi (c934-c1020.
YEREVAN, Armenia —A handful of Iranian businesses cluster together at the end of Firdawsi alleyway, a sidestreet named after the famous Persian poet.
Sandwiched between an Iranian barbershop and the end of the alleyway is an establishment called Rose’s Bar.
Sandwiched between an Iranian barbershop and the end of the alleyway is an establishment called Rose’s Bar.
March 1, 2026 at 2:38 PM
YEREVAN, Armenia —A handful of Iranian businesses cluster together at the end of Firdawsi alleyway, a sidestreet named after the famous Persian poet.
Sandwiched between an Iranian barbershop and the end of the alleyway is an establishment called Rose’s Bar.
Sandwiched between an Iranian barbershop and the end of the alleyway is an establishment called Rose’s Bar.
Manuscript, The Shahnama of Firdawsi, Iran Shiraz, 1539 CE. Work on paper 15.2 x 10 inches
June 18, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Manuscript, The Shahnama of Firdawsi, Iran Shiraz, 1539 CE. Work on paper 15.2 x 10 inches
Bahram Gur meets Arzu, the Daughter of Mahiyar (verso); Illustration and Text, Persian Verses, from the Shahnama of Firdawsi https://clevelandart.org/art/1945.387.b
September 29, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Bahram Gur meets Arzu, the Daughter of Mahiyar (verso); Illustration and Text, Persian Verses, from the Shahnama of Firdawsi https://clevelandart.org/art/1945.387.b
Text Page, Persian Verses (recto) from the Shahnama of Firdawsi https://clevelandart.org/art/1945.387.a
August 17, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Text Page, Persian Verses (recto) from the Shahnama of Firdawsi https://clevelandart.org/art/1945.387.a
Bahram Gur meets Arzu, the Daughter of Mahiyar (verso); Illustration and Text, Persian Verses, from the Shahnama of Firdawsi https://clevelandart.org/art/1945.387.b
February 26, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Bahram Gur meets Arzu, the Daughter of Mahiyar (verso); Illustration and Text, Persian Verses, from the Shahnama of Firdawsi https://clevelandart.org/art/1945.387.b
Gorgeous narrative Kashmiri shawl (19th century). Pashmina wool ground tamboured with silk showing characters from the Shahnama of Firdawsi and Khamsa of Nizami. Detail.
August 21, 2026 at 4:45 AM
Gorgeous narrative Kashmiri shawl (19th century). Pashmina wool ground tamboured with silk showing characters from the Shahnama of Firdawsi and Khamsa of Nizami. Detail.
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En ce jour du 04 Décembre 2018, le rappel à dieu d'El Hadji Sidy Lamine Niass, fondateur du groupe de presse Walfadjri.
Un homme multidimensionnel, un fervent défenseur des droits de l'homme, un combattant de la vérité et de la liberté.
Paix à son âme, que Firdawsi soit sa demeure éternelle !🙏🏿
En ce jour du 04 Décembre 2018, le rappel à dieu d'El Hadji Sidy Lamine Niass, fondateur du groupe de presse Walfadjri.
Un homme multidimensionnel, un fervent défenseur des droits de l'homme, un combattant de la vérité et de la liberté.
Paix à son âme, que Firdawsi soit sa demeure éternelle !🙏🏿
December 4, 2024 at 2:51 PM
🚨🇸🇳
En ce jour du 04 Décembre 2018, le rappel à dieu d'El Hadji Sidy Lamine Niass, fondateur du groupe de presse Walfadjri.
Un homme multidimensionnel, un fervent défenseur des droits de l'homme, un combattant de la vérité et de la liberté.
Paix à son âme, que Firdawsi soit sa demeure éternelle !🙏🏿
En ce jour du 04 Décembre 2018, le rappel à dieu d'El Hadji Sidy Lamine Niass, fondateur du groupe de presse Walfadjri.
Un homme multidimensionnel, un fervent défenseur des droits de l'homme, un combattant de la vérité et de la liberté.
Paix à son âme, que Firdawsi soit sa demeure éternelle !🙏🏿
Text Page, Persian Verses (recto) from the Shahnama of Firdawsi https://clevelandart.org/art/1945.387.a
March 4, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Text Page, Persian Verses (recto) from the Shahnama of Firdawsi https://clevelandart.org/art/1945.387.a
Bahram Gur meets Arzu, the Daughter of Mahiyar (verso); Illustration and Text, Persian Verses, from the Shahnama of Firdawsi https://clevelandart.org/art/1945.387.b
July 23, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Bahram Gur meets Arzu, the Daughter of Mahiyar (verso); Illustration and Text, Persian Verses, from the Shahnama of Firdawsi https://clevelandart.org/art/1945.387.b
Bahram Gur meets Arzu, the Daughter of Mahiyar (verso); Illustration and Text, Persian Verses, from the Shahnama of Firdawsi https://clevelandart.org/art/1945.387.b
February 7, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Bahram Gur meets Arzu, the Daughter of Mahiyar (verso); Illustration and Text, Persian Verses, from the Shahnama of Firdawsi https://clevelandart.org/art/1945.387.b
Short passage from the introduction to the Shahnama, read in a reconstruction of Early New Persian pronunciation. Firdawsi talks about his purpose
"Some stories tell the plain truth as it lies
And some tell truth more plainly in disguise..."
"Some stories tell the plain truth as it lies
And some tell truth more plainly in disguise..."
December 4, 2024 at 10:03 PM
Short passage from the introduction to the Shahnama, read in a reconstruction of Early New Persian pronunciation. Firdawsi talks about his purpose
"Some stories tell the plain truth as it lies
And some tell truth more plainly in disguise..."
"Some stories tell the plain truth as it lies
And some tell truth more plainly in disguise..."
Bahram Gur meets Arzu, the Daughter of Mahiyar (verso); Illustration and Text, Persian Verses, from the Shahnama of Firdawsi https://clevelandart.org/art/1945.387.b
October 9, 2024 at 11:44 AM
Bahram Gur meets Arzu, the Daughter of Mahiyar (verso); Illustration and Text, Persian Verses, from the Shahnama of Firdawsi https://clevelandart.org/art/1945.387.b
"The Forty-Eighth Year of Nushirwan's Reign. The Combat of the Khaqan of China with the Haithalians in the manuscript of Shahnama of Firdawsi. https://clevelandart.org/art/1962.25.b
December 22, 2024 at 4:58 PM
"The Forty-Eighth Year of Nushirwan's Reign. The Combat of the Khaqan of China with the Haithalians in the manuscript of Shahnama of Firdawsi. https://clevelandart.org/art/1962.25.b
"The Story of Zahhak and His Father," Page from a Manuscript of the Shahnama (Book of Kings) by Firdawsi (d. 1020) https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/57399
May 25, 2026 at 6:02 PM
"The Story of Zahhak and His Father," Page from a Manuscript of the Shahnama (Book of Kings) by Firdawsi (d. 1020) https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/57399
Bahram Gur and Courtiers Entertained by Barbad the Musician, Page from a manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdawsi (d. 1020) https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/43541
July 17, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Bahram Gur and Courtiers Entertained by Barbad the Musician, Page from a manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdawsi (d. 1020) https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/43541
“Rustam Lassoes the Khaqan (Ruler) of China,” Page from an Illustrated Manuscript of the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdawsi (d. 1020) https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/5075
October 15, 2025 at 9:34 AM
“Rustam Lassoes the Khaqan (Ruler) of China,” Page from an Illustrated Manuscript of the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdawsi (d. 1020) https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/5075
Bahram Gur meets Arzu, the Daughter of Mahiyar (verso); Illustration and Text, Persian Verses, from the Shahnama of Firdawsi https://clevelandart.org/art/1945.387.b
December 7, 2024 at 4:20 PM
Bahram Gur meets Arzu, the Daughter of Mahiyar (verso); Illustration and Text, Persian Verses, from the Shahnama of Firdawsi https://clevelandart.org/art/1945.387.b
"The Forty-Eighth Year of Nushirwan's Reign. The Combat of the Khaqan of China with the Haithalians in the manuscript of Shahnama of Firdawsi. https://clevelandart.org/art/1962.25.b
December 6, 2025 at 8:27 AM
"The Forty-Eighth Year of Nushirwan's Reign. The Combat of the Khaqan of China with the Haithalians in the manuscript of Shahnama of Firdawsi. https://clevelandart.org/art/1962.25.b
"The Forty-Eighth Year of Nushirwan's Reign. The Combat of the Khaqan of China with the Haithalians in the manuscript of Shahnama of Firdawsi. https://clevelandart.org/art/1962.25.b
August 30, 2025 at 3:43 PM
"The Forty-Eighth Year of Nushirwan's Reign. The Combat of the Khaqan of China with the Haithalians in the manuscript of Shahnama of Firdawsi. https://clevelandart.org/art/1962.25.b
dédié à l’épopée d’Alexandre de Firdawsî : visitant l’Inde, Alexandre le Grand apprend l’existence d’un arbre de la Lune et du Soleil dont la particularité est de prédire l’avenir. Curiosité et présage, cet arbre est une merveille au sens ‘aǧīb."
May 19, 2025 at 8:29 AM
dédié à l’épopée d’Alexandre de Firdawsî : visitant l’Inde, Alexandre le Grand apprend l’existence d’un arbre de la Lune et du Soleil dont la particularité est de prédire l’avenir. Curiosité et présage, cet arbre est une merveille au sens ‘aǧīb."
#Nécrologie
Accident de la caravane de Pastef à Mbacké «Après Serigne Mbacké Thiam et Modou Tall, Baye Lahat Gaye a rendu l'âme, hier 6/12, au centre hospitalier national Cheikh Ahmadoul Khadim»
Paix à son âme ! Qu’il demeure au Paradis Firdawsi🙏🏾
Accident de la caravane de Pastef à Mbacké «Après Serigne Mbacké Thiam et Modou Tall, Baye Lahat Gaye a rendu l'âme, hier 6/12, au centre hospitalier national Cheikh Ahmadoul Khadim»
Paix à son âme ! Qu’il demeure au Paradis Firdawsi🙏🏾
December 7, 2024 at 10:15 AM
#Nécrologie
Accident de la caravane de Pastef à Mbacké «Après Serigne Mbacké Thiam et Modou Tall, Baye Lahat Gaye a rendu l'âme, hier 6/12, au centre hospitalier national Cheikh Ahmadoul Khadim»
Paix à son âme ! Qu’il demeure au Paradis Firdawsi🙏🏾
Accident de la caravane de Pastef à Mbacké «Après Serigne Mbacké Thiam et Modou Tall, Baye Lahat Gaye a rendu l'âme, hier 6/12, au centre hospitalier national Cheikh Ahmadoul Khadim»
Paix à son âme ! Qu’il demeure au Paradis Firdawsi🙏🏾
Qu’Allah le reçoit dans le Paradis al Firdawsi avec tous les musulmans morts en #palestine 🇵🇸.
Khalid❤️Merci☘️
#Free #Palestine 🥹
Khalid❤️Merci☘️
#Free #Palestine 🥹
December 21, 2024 at 1:49 PM
Qu’Allah le reçoit dans le Paradis al Firdawsi avec tous les musulmans morts en #palestine 🇵🇸.
Khalid❤️Merci☘️
#Free #Palestine 🥹
Khalid❤️Merci☘️
#Free #Palestine 🥹
"Nushirwan Sends Mihran Sitad to Fetch the Daughter of the King of China" in the manuscript of Shahnama of Firdawsi Illustration and Text (Persian Verses) (Recto) https://clevelandart.org/art/1962.25.a
August 7, 2026 at 4:16 PM
"Nushirwan Sends Mihran Sitad to Fetch the Daughter of the King of China" in the manuscript of Shahnama of Firdawsi Illustration and Text (Persian Verses) (Recto) https://clevelandart.org/art/1962.25.a