Illustrated manuscript of Khusraw and Shirin of Sheyhi
Ottoman
This is an illustrated manuscript of the Khusraw and Shirin of Sheyhi, composed in Turkish. The small manuscript is copied in vocalized naskh in two columns and fifteen lines to a page. The manuscript is not paginated and a few folios are missing at the beginning. The two endpapers at the beginning and one at the end have been included in the folio numbering. There are six text-block size miniatures:
Miniature 1, 48v: Shirin questions Shavur about the image of Khusraw.
Miniature 2, 92r: Khusraw and Shirin meet each other unexpectedly as they hunt.
Miniature 3, 109r: Khusraw's combat with the lion
Miniature 4, 149v: Farhad visits Shirin after carving a milk channel for her.
Miniature 5, 164v: Farhad and the old woman
Miniature 6, 226r: Khusraw marries Shirin
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Ottoman period