ManuscriptsPersian15th century
Iskandar's Mother Weeping Over his Bier (painting, verso; text, recto), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdawsi
c. 1440
Dimensions
folio: 18.3 x 14.9 cm (7 3/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
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