Keywords: 16 2-8-2005-Noahs-ark-Hafis-Abru-2.jpg Assessments 1 Artwork en Miniature from Hafiz-i Abru ™s Majma al-tawarikh Noah ™s Ark Iran Afghanistan Herat; c 1425 Leaf 42 3 × 32 6 cm Timur ™s son Shah Rukh 1405-1447 ordered the historian Hafiz-i Abru to write a continuation of Rashid al-Din ™s famous history of the world Jami al-tawarikh Like the Il-Khanids the Timurids were concerned with legitimizing their right to rule and Hafiz-i Abru ™s A Collection of Histories covers a period that included the time of Shah Rukh himself The style of the manuscript ™s miniatures is slightly old-fashioned compared with the otherwise refined Timurid painting but the scene on the stormy sea is quite dramatic with the fluttering sail the ark breaking out of the picture frame and the swollen bodies The animals that are to populate the earth are rendered both humorously and fairly realistically 1405-1447 Institution Davids Samling http //www davidmus dk/en/collections/islamic/dynasties/timurids-and-turkmen/art/8-2005 other versions PD-old-100 Uploaded with UploadWizard The David Collection Manuscripts in Iran Persian manuscripts Timurid art 15th-century illuminated manuscripts Art of Herat |