Persian Verses: The Fortieth Year of King Kisra Nushirwan's Reign and the Story of Buzurgmihr (recto) from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940–1019 or 1025)
Beige-colored, aged paper with darker beige and gray areas. A large rectangle with 7 vertical sections. The left and right sections contain the most text. A T-shaped design in red and gold is centered on the page. The top section with a wide beige border around it. Wrinkled and folded paper. Black ink text written in Arabic script. Gold and red accents.
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- 612 × 900 px
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