Shahnama studies II : the reception of Firdausi's Shahnama
e-böcker
Brill
2012
EISBN 9789004228634
Contributors.
List of illustrations.
Abbreviations.
Introduction / Charles Melville.
PART I. THE RECEPTION OF THE SHAHNAMA: LATER EPICS: Tracking the Shahnama Tradition in Medieval Persian Folk Prose / Julia Rubanovich.
Demons in the Persian Epic Cycle: The Div Shabrang in the Leiden Shabrangnama and in Shahnama Manuscripts / Gabrielle van den Berg.
Faramarz's Expedition to Qannuj and Khargah: Mutual Influences of the Shahnama and the Longer Faramarznama / Marjolijn van Zutphen.
The Influence of the Shahnama in the Extended Version of Arday Virafnama by Zartusht Bahram / Olga Yastrebova.
Picturing Evil: Images of Divs and the Reception of the Shahnama / Francesca Leoni.
PART II. THE SHAHNAMA IN NEIGHBOURING LANDS: The Reception of Firdausi's Shahnama Among the Ottomans / Jan Schmidt.
The Illustration of the Shahnama and the Art of the Book in Ottoman Turkey / Zeren Tanindi.
The Shahnama of Firdausi in the Lands of Rum / Lale Uluc.
-- Bahram's feat of hunting dexterity as illustrated in Firdausi's Shahnama, Nizami's Haft paikar and Amir Khusrau's Hasht bihisht / Adeela Qureshi.
The Samarqand Shahnamas in the Context of Dynastic Change / Karin Ruehrdanz.
PART III. MANUSCRIPT STUDIES: Mapping Illustrated Folios of Shahnama Manuscripts: The Concept and Its Uses / Farhad Mehran.
Shahnama Kings and Heroes in 'Aja'ib al-Makhluqat Illustrated Manuscripts / Bilha Moor.
PART IV. ORAL TRADITIONS: FIELD REPORTS: Sistani legends about rustam and his descendants / Ivan Steblin-Kamensky.
The Oral Variant of the Story of Barzu Amongst the Tajiks of Boysun / Ravshan Rahmoni.
The Shahnama Oral Tradition in Contemporary Iran: The Cases of Firuzkuh and Khurasan / Evangelos Venetis.
General index.
This volume explores different aspects of the reception of Firdausi's Shahnama or 'Book of Kings', both within Iran and in neighbouring lands.
List of illustrations.
Abbreviations.
Introduction / Charles Melville.
PART I. THE RECEPTION OF THE SHAHNAMA: LATER EPICS: Tracking the Shahnama Tradition in Medieval Persian Folk Prose / Julia Rubanovich.
Demons in the Persian Epic Cycle: The Div Shabrang in the Leiden Shabrangnama and in Shahnama Manuscripts / Gabrielle van den Berg.
Faramarz's Expedition to Qannuj and Khargah: Mutual Influences of the Shahnama and the Longer Faramarznama / Marjolijn van Zutphen.
The Influence of the Shahnama in the Extended Version of Arday Virafnama by Zartusht Bahram / Olga Yastrebova.
Picturing Evil: Images of Divs and the Reception of the Shahnama / Francesca Leoni.
PART II. THE SHAHNAMA IN NEIGHBOURING LANDS: The Reception of Firdausi's Shahnama Among the Ottomans / Jan Schmidt.
The Illustration of the Shahnama and the Art of the Book in Ottoman Turkey / Zeren Tanindi.
The Shahnama of Firdausi in the Lands of Rum / Lale Uluc.
-- Bahram's feat of hunting dexterity as illustrated in Firdausi's Shahnama, Nizami's Haft paikar and Amir Khusrau's Hasht bihisht / Adeela Qureshi.
The Samarqand Shahnamas in the Context of Dynastic Change / Karin Ruehrdanz.
PART III. MANUSCRIPT STUDIES: Mapping Illustrated Folios of Shahnama Manuscripts: The Concept and Its Uses / Farhad Mehran.
Shahnama Kings and Heroes in 'Aja'ib al-Makhluqat Illustrated Manuscripts / Bilha Moor.
PART IV. ORAL TRADITIONS: FIELD REPORTS: Sistani legends about rustam and his descendants / Ivan Steblin-Kamensky.
The Oral Variant of the Story of Barzu Amongst the Tajiks of Boysun / Ravshan Rahmoni.
The Shahnama Oral Tradition in Contemporary Iran: The Cases of Firuzkuh and Khurasan / Evangelos Venetis.
General index.
This volume explores different aspects of the reception of Firdausi's Shahnama or 'Book of Kings', both within Iran and in neighbouring lands.
