Unknown (painter, outliner) and Muhammad Jan al-Kirmani (calligrapher). Shahnama: Anushirvan executes Mazdak and his Followers. Shiraz and Isfahan, Iran, ca. 1604. Opaque watercolour, ink, gold on paper, 380 x 245 mm. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Paris, France, Supplément Persan 490, fol. 353v.

Chillihitzia, Jessica (Researcher, Scriptwriter, Voiceover, Storyboarder, Audio Editor, Image Editor, Animator, Coder). “Multimedia: Shahnama - Anushirvan executes Mazdak, Iran, ca. 1604 (BNF Suppl. Persan 490, fol. 353v)” ARTH 370 Shahnama Project (BNF Supplément Persan 490), Dec. 4, 2018. .

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IMAGES

• BNF Gallica staff. Digital image of Shahnama: Anushirvan executes Mazdak (BNF Suppl. Persan 490, fol. 353v). Paris, ca. Nov. 10, 2010. Digital image. BnF Gallica, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84229967/f722. highres.

SOUND

• Exposition. Clock and Clouds, The Creation of Matter. http://www.clocksandcloudsmusic.com/albums.

TEXTS

• Abu ʾl-Qasim Firdowsi Tusi. “The Greatness of Gaiumart and the Envy of Ahriman.” In The Shahnama of Firdausi. Vol. 1. 9 vols. Translated by Arthur G. Warner and Edmond Warner, 1:118-120. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd., 1905. https://archive.org/details/shahnama01firduoft/page/118

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