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Bahram Chubineh captured by Khusrau Parviz (verso), from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940–1019 or 1025)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The image shows a page from an old book with handwritten text in black ink on a yellowed background. The page is square and has a thin black border around it. Inside the border, there are 5 columns of text with a wider column on either side and a thinner column in the middle with a smaller rectangle below it. The text is written in a language that appears to be Arabic script. The page is mounted on a larger piece of off-white paper with dark spots and discoloration around the edges.

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662 × 893 px
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