Description of the Center and the Type of Narration of the Illustrated Manuscript of Khamseh of Nizami in Relationship Between Text and Image

Nizami’s Khamseh is the poems has been repeatedly copied in the illustrated and non-illustrated forms during the time. Illustrated manuscripts have in addition poems, the meaning concepts of illustration and it is because of being relation among poems and its illustrations. This paper, introduce illustrations of Haft Peikar of Nizami’s Khamseh’s manuscripts by Descriptive-analytical method. They are as following, university of Tehran’s manuscript- code 5179, Shahid Motahhari’s -code 400, America Library of Congress, Kakh Golestan -code 1951, Islamic Consultative Assembly-code 930, National library-code5-15275 of N. L. digital, National library-code 3058256 of N. L. digital. Due to the relation between illustration and poems, being aware of the number as well as the subject of illustrations and the main focus of their narrative, is important for later research in this field. The paper says that in the above manuscripts, Bahram Gour is the main focus of the narrative and most frequently revolves around his presence in seven domes while the painter is not completely bound to the text.