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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
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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