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- THE COURT OF GAYUMARS
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- FILE:COURT OF GAYUMARS BY SULTAN
- 2002.50.150: COURT OF GAYUMARS (PATG, RECTO; TEXT, VERSO), FOL OM A MANCRIPT OF THE SHAHNAMA BY FIRDAWSI
- FILE:COURT OF GAYUMARS PERSIAN
- THE COURT OF GAYUMARS
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THE COURT OF GAYUMARS
Whole page left, and tail, right: Sultan Muhammad, The Court of Gayumars, c. This 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). Detail, Sultan Muhammad, The Court of Gayumars, c.
Nasta’liq (tail), Sultan Muhammad, The Court of Gayumars, c.
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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. Kg Gayumars (tail), Sultan Muhammad, The Court of Gayumars, c.
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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.
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.
2002.50.150: COURT OF GAYUMARS (PATG, RECTO; TEXT, VERSO), FOL OM A MANCRIPT OF THE SHAHNAMA BY FIRDAWSI
Kg Gayumars, Siyamak, and Hhang (tail), Sultan Muhammad, The Court of Gayumars, c. 11 Onlookers n be seen to surreptly peer out om the scraggly, blossomg branch onto Kg Gayumars om the upper left and right. Sheila 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 Court of Gayumars at the Aga Khan Mm. Michael Chagnon, Curator, Aga Khan Mm, "The Court of Gayumars, " Smarthistory, July 3, 2020, accsed Augt 22, 2023,.
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 Court of Gayumars om the Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp attributed to Safavid master Sultan Muhammad, Iran, .
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In the illtratn tled Court of Kayumars, nsired “a patg that humbl all artists, ”1 Gayumars is seated before his muny, all clad leopard furs and sks, his son Siyamak seated to his left, and grandson Hhang standg to his right, implyg the succsn between father and son, although this never tak place due to the tragedy of the story. English: Gayumarth, first Shah of Iran, is enthroned among his urtiers clad leopard sks at the openg of the Shahnama-yi Shahi (The Kg's Book of Kgs).
THE COURT OF GAYUMARS
File:Court of Gayumars Persian. Court of Gayumars (patg, recto; text, verso), fol om a mancript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi.
THE COURT OF GAYUMARS
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. Double page: The Court of Gayumars. Recto: text and illtratn, wh tle “Kg Gayumars”.
File:Court of Gayumars by Sultan. Michael Chagnon, Curator, Aga Khan Mm, "The Court of Gayumars, " Smarthistory, July 25, 2020, accsed September 3, 2023,. Court of Kayumars (Gayumars), .