The absolute height of artistry: The Court of Gayumars, om the Shahnama - CUSTOM WRITING

Contents:

• THE COURT OF GAYUMARS
• 2002.50.150: COURT OF GAYUMARS (PATG, RECTO; TEXT, VERSO), FOL OM A MANCRIPT OF THE SHAHNAMA BY FIRDAWSI
• THE ABSOLUTE HEIGHT OF ARTISTRY: THE COURT OF GAYUMARS, OM THE SHAHNAMA
• COURT OF GAYUMAR PATED BY SULTAN MUHAMMAD
• THE COURT OF GAYUMARS

THE COURT OF GAYUMARS

Nancy DemerdashThe ShahnamaThis sumptuo page, The Court of Gayumars (also spelled Kayumars— see top of page, tails below and large image here), om an illumated mancript of the Shahnama (Book of Kgs)—an epic poem scribg the history of kgship Persia (what is now Iran). As wh many of the workshops of early morn Wt Asia, producg a page such as the Court of Gayumars often entailed the ntributns of many artists.

It was then when Gayumars beme the Kg of the World. Seated a cross-legged posn, as if levatg wh this richly vegetal and mountao landspe, Kg Gayumars ris above his urtiers, who are gathered around at the base of the patg.

2002.50.150: COURT OF GAYUMARS (PATG, RECTO; TEXT, VERSO), FOL OM A MANCRIPT OF THE SHAHNAMA BY FIRDAWSI

Acrdg to legend, Kg Gayumars was the first kg of Persia, and he led at a time when people clothed themselv exclively leopard pelts, as both the text and the reprented subjects’ speckled garments dite. [11] Onlookers n be seen to surreptly peer out om the scraggly, blossomg branch onto Kg Gayumars om the upper left and right.

Canby affirms Stuart Cary Welch’s timate that took Sultan Muhammad and his workshop three years to plete the Court of Gayumars illtratn. Roxburgh, “On the Brk of Tragedy: The Court of Gayumars om Shah Tahmasp’s Shahnama (‘Book of Kgs’), Sultan Muhammad, ” Christopher Dell, ed., What Mak a Masterpiece: Artists, Wrers and Curators on the World’s Greatt Works of Art (London; New York: Tham & Hudson, 2010), pp.

THE ABSOLUTE HEIGHT OF ARTISTRY: THE COURT OF GAYUMARS, OM THE SHAHNAMA

Court of Gayumars (patg, recto; text, verso), fol om a mancript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi. Gayumars was the legendary first kg of Iran, associated wh the begng of civilizatn and an anized social orr.

Gayumars had a son, Siyamak, whom he adored and who was loved by all save a jealo creature lled Ahriman. Siyamak ss to the left of Gayumars, and the two are encircled by urtiers and animals.

COURT OF GAYUMAR PATED BY SULTAN MUHAMMAD

Double page: The Court of Gayumars. Recto: text and illtratn, wh tle “Kg Gayumars”. Court of Kayumars (Gayumars), .

The name ‘Kayumars’ is the Persian form of Gayomard or Gayomart om the tradn of the Zoroastrian, one of the olst monotheistic religns, found by Prophet Zoroaster approximately 3, 500 years ago. The absolute height of artistry: The Court of Gayumars, om the Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp, fol. Acrdg to legend, Kg Gayumars was the first kg of Persia, and he led at a time when people clothed themselv only leopard pelts, as both the text and the reprented subjects’ speckled garments dite.

However, this paradise is on the brk of beg lost: Gayumar’s son, Siyam, seated below him on the kg’s left si, is about to be killed by the sons of the vil. Gayumar’s gtur toward his son a forhadowg of this tragedy. “When the sun reached the lamb nstellatn, when the world beme glor, When the sun shed om the lamb nstellatn to rejuvenate the livg begs entirely, It was then when Gayumars beme the Kg of the World.

THE COURT OF GAYUMARS

Court of Gayumars: “Meant to be lovgly ntemplated. ” Detail of the Court of Gayumars” by Sultan Muhammad.