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Nushirwan Listens to the Owls (recto); the Story of Nushirwan and his Minister, "The Third Discourse on Diverse Events and Disorder in Life" (verso) from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami (1141-1209)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Two adjacent pages from a book. The left page has an illustration framed in gold, depicting a scene with a man on horseback wearing red and a man on foot wearing blue, under a tree with pink blossoms. A red stone archway is on the left. The right page has a gold-framed text box with 3 columns and 4 rows of black text on cream-colored background. Both pages have a gold floral pattern on a beige background.

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