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Haft Paykar, by Nizami Ganjavi

Image attached to MS 18-1948

An image of Illuminated Manuscript. Haft Paykar (The Seven Beauties, 1197). Also called Bahram-Nama. Nizami Ganjavi (Persian, 1141 to 1209). Sixteenth century edition.

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Illuminated Manuscript. Haft Paykar (The Seven Beauties, 1197). Also called Bahram-Nama. Nizami Ganjavi (Persian, 1141 to 1209). Sixteenth century edition.

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  • Accession Number: MS 18-1948
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/19.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
  • Photographer name: Katie Young
  • Image height: 1435 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.7.1 (Macintosh)
  • Filesize: 214.17kB
  • Exposure time: 1/60
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 19/1
  • Captured: 2015:09:14 16:05:38

Key words

16th Century _WF_Adtd Arabic Bahram-Nama Bahramnameh calligraphic calligraphy epic Fitz_MSPB Iranian Islamic manuscript Nezami Nizami Nizami Ganjavi Persian sagas script Seven Beauties stories story texts The Seven Beauties

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