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Bilqis Queen of Sheba Enthroned, from the Book of Solomon (Suleymannama) by Firdausi of Bursa

Unknown and Bayezid II1480/1510

Chester Beatty

Chester Beatty
Dublin, Ireland

Bilqis Queen of Sheba Enthroned, from the Book of Solomon (Suleymannama) by Sharaf al-Din Musa, Firdausi of Bursa.
Folio, gold and colours on paper, full-page painting depicting Bilqis (the Queen of Sheba) enthroned above horizontal rows of her subjects, including crowned women, angels, demons (divs) and monsters, left half of a double-frontipiece composition, from a manuscript dedicated to Ottoman Sultan Bayazid II, Istanbul, Turkey, 1480-1510.

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  • Title: Bilqis Queen of Sheba Enthroned, from the Book of Solomon (Suleymannama) by Firdausi of Bursa
  • Creator: Unknown, Bayezid II
  • Date Created: 1480/1510
  • Physical Location: Chester Beatty, Dublin, Ireland
  • Location Created: Istanbul, Turkey
  • Physical Dimensions: 444 x 313 mm
  • Type: Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)
  • Original Source: Chester Beatty
  • Rights: © The Trustees of the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin
  • Medium: Paper, Pigment, Ink
  • Collection Number: CBL T 406.2
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