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About Persian Miniature (Shahnameh era)

Persian miniature painting reached its apex in the Shahnameh manuscripts of the Timurid and Safavid courts, where master painters like Bihzad and Sultan Muhammad rendered entire worlds on folios no larger than a book page. Every square inch teems with ultramarine skies, gold-leaf clouds, emerald carpets, and crimson-robed figures drawn from Ferdowsi's epic.

This design system distills that maximalist manuscript tradition into digital form — cobalt grounds, real gold-leaf textures, ornamental tile borders, and calligraphic type that honors the right-to-left heritage of the originals.

Learn more about the Persian Miniature (Shahnameh era) style

Origin
Persia / Iran (Tabriz, Herat, Shiraz, Isfahan)
Era
14th–16th century (peak: Safavid Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp, 1525–1535)
Key figures
Bihzad · Sultan Muhammad · Aqa Mirak · Mir Sayyid Ali
Movements
Persian miniature painting · Timurid book arts · Safavid royal manuscripts · Nastaliq calligraphy

Persian Miniature (Shahnameh era) design spec

Colors

Background
Surface
Primary
Secondary
Accent
Text

Typography

Cormorant SCHeadings
Cormorant GaramondBody
AmiriMono
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