شمسه‌ دیباچه، از تاریخ بلعمی

هویت و تاریخ ثبت‌شده: خاستگاه/فرهنگ: Ireland؛ تاریخ در رکورد منبع: 1470 (874H)؛ تاریخ بازیابی منبع: 2026-10-24؛ تاریخ بازیابی: 2026-10-27.

ویژگی‌های ثبت‌شده: گونهٔ ثبت‌شده در رکورد: Illuminated medallion (shamsa), from Bal`ami's History (Tarikh-i Bal`ami). This complex radiating design has a matching twin on the opposite page. Seen together, the pair of medallions occupy the book's first page-opening, and introduce a magnificent manuscript produced in Timurid Herat (Afghanistan). Formed of four radially-symmetrical quarters, each circular design features two layers of scrolling plant stems, painted in gold and jade green, against a deep blue ground. The medallion on the right has been salvaged from a slightly earlier manuscript, and has been pasted very subtly onto thi؛ مواد / رسانهٔ ثبت‌شده: Paper (material)؛ Pigment (material)؛ Gold؛ ابعاد / گسترهٔ ثبت‌شده: 351 mm x 240 mm (height x width).

شناسه و محل نگهداری: مجموعه: Chester Beatty؛ شناسهٔ رکورد: Europeana /1100/4787؛ مرجع بازیابی: https://www.europeana.eu/item/1100/4787.

سایر داده‌های ثبت‌شده: شرح موضوع در منبع: Illuminated medallion (shamsa), from Bal`ami's History (Tarikh-i Bal`ami). This complex radiating design has a matching twin on the opposite page. Seen together, the pair of medallions occupy the book's first page-opening, and introduce a magnificent manuscript produced in Timurid Herat (Afghanistan). Formed of four radially-symmetrical quarters, each circular design features two layers of scrolling plant stems, painted in gold and jade green, against a deep blue ground. The medallion on the right has been salvaged from a slightly earlier manuscript, and has been pasted very subtly onto this page. The medallion on the left is a careful copy, made in 1470, along with the rest of this manuscript. Writing in late tenth-century Bukhara at the Samanid court of Mansur ibn Nuh (r. 961-976), the minister and historian Muhammad al-Bal`ami composed an important new work in Persian, translating and supplementing The History of the Prophets and Kings (Ta'rikh al-Rusul wa'l-Muluk, in Arabic) by the `Abbasid scholar Abu Ja`far Muhammad al-Tabari (d. 923). This illustrated copy of Bal`ami's history was produced in Timurid Herat, in the year 1470. Folio, colours and gold on paper, illuminated medallion (on verso), Herat, Afghanistan, dated Sha`ban 874H, February 1470. This is one of seven folios detached from its codex, which is also in the Chester Beatty Persian collection (Per 144).؛ مکان در رکورد: Herat؛ رکورد بازیابی‌شده: https://viewer.cbl.ie/viewer/ppnresolver?id=Per_144_1.