Penn Library's LJS 422 - [Haft paykar]. = [هفت پيکر]. (Video Orientation)
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Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies (SIMS): Videos
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History
Iran
Bahrām V King of Iran -438
Iran -- History -- To 640 -- Poetry
Storytelling
Poetry
Manuscripts Persian -- 16th century
Manuscripts Renaissance
Codices (bound manuscripts)
Romances (document genre)
Fiction
History
Poetry
Islamic World and Near East History
Renaissance Studies
Iran
Bahrām V King of Iran -438
Iran -- History -- To 640 -- Poetry
Storytelling
Poetry
Manuscripts Persian -- 16th century
Manuscripts Renaissance
Codices (bound manuscripts)
Romances (document genre)
Fiction
History
Poetry
Islamic World and Near East History
Renaissance Studies
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youtube
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2022-10-11
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Video Orientation to the University of Pennsylvania Library's LJS 422, a lacunose 16th-century copy of a 12th-century romance about the life of Bahrām Gūr, a 5th-century king of Iran; its title (in English, Seven beauties or Seven images) refers to the seven princesses that Bahrām marries, each of whom tells the king a story as part of the narrative. Written in Iran in the 16th century. Digital copies and a full record are available through Franklin: https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9954448733503681