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Sam recognizes his son Zal in the Simurgh's nest

Public Notes

Sam and his entourage set out. They find the Simurgh's enormous nest and the boy in it.

[Mohl's vs. 150 is missing in the oldest manuscripts. These do not mention the boy at all in this section, but only the nest.]

Details

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date or collection.

illustrations of this scene:

Editions

f. 086
National Museum of Iran (Iran Bastan)
ms. 4336

f. 002
$ill.location.title
ms. Second Small
(1300)

f. 002
Portland Art Museum
ms. Second Small
(1300)

f. 002v
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ms. 1974.290.1-42, 2003.330.1-7
(1335)

f. 001
Kuwait National Museum
ms. LNS 36 MS
(1341)

f. 021r
Kuwait National Museum
ms. Qavam al-Din
(1341)

f. 001r
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
ms. M.73.5.409
(1430)

f. 063v
Museum of Islamic Art
ms. I. 5/77, 5/82
(1522)

f. 037r
The British Library
ms. Additional 5600
(1616)

f. 025
Christie's
ms. 2019 October 24, lot 49
(1640)

f. 034r
Sepahsalar Library (Shahid Motahhari Library)
ms. Ms. 313