An illuminated frontispiece from a manuscript of Firdausi’s Shahnameh and an illustrated leaf from a separate Shahnameh: the Battle of Bahram and Saveh Shah, Persia, Safavid, 16th century

An illuminated frontispiece from a manuscript of Firdausi’s Shahnameh and an illustrated leaf from a separate Shahnameh: the Battle of Bahram and Saveh Shah, Persia, Safavid, 16th century