Shahnameh page  29 lines of text per page over four columns, in Persian in nasta'liq script in black ink. Illustrated on one side with a gouache miniature inserted into the text depicting a sovereign crowned on the throne, surrounded by two followers and granting audience to a soldier. The scene takes place in a garden with a fountain in the foreground. page: 38.3 by 24.5 cm; miniature: 21.3 by 14.5 cm.

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