Title

Fifth Joust, The Death of Simurgh by the Hands of Isfandiyar, Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings), 16th century.

Caption

Fifth Joust, The Death of Simurgh by the Hands of Isfandiyar, Folio from a..., 16th century. Creator: Unknown.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM20A67_156

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Keywords

arts country metal writing book museum color gold location century ink literature Iran Iranian script calligraphy Colour The Met Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art poem poetry Persian Persia gold leaf 16th century sixteenth century Book of Kings Isfandiyar Shahnama Shahnameh Shah-nameh TGN watercolour manuscript Unknown Farsi Ferdowsi Firdawsi Abu Ol-qasem Mansur Firdausi Firdaws¯i Esfandiar Esfandiyar Heritage Art Nasta'liq Nastaliq epic poem (Abu Ol-qasem Mansur) (Firdausi) Abu'l Qasim Firdausi