SHAHNAMEH, ILLUMINATED LEAF, PERSIAN (16th C)
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Single leaf from a sixteenth-century Persian illuminated manuscript copy of the Shahnameh written by Ferdowsi. Bottom third of the leaf bears a full colour illumination depicting BahramGur, a famous Sasanian king, slaying a dragon at the behest of the king of Hindustan; the upper two thirds of the leaf includes 64 lines of Persian verse across 4 columns. Both the border of the text and the illumination are heightened by goldleaf. The leaf has not been examined out of its frame; sight measures approximately 10 3/4 x 7 in.
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SHAHNAMEH, ILLUMINATED LEAF, PERSIAN (16th C)
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