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Post-Marijuana (Dama zhi hou), Written in Shadow Script and Black-on-Black Script
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This large, horizontally oriented, rectangular album leaf is divided visually into two parts, the right one-third, in which the characters appear a ghostly grayish white on a black...
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Burzuy Brings Nushirvan the Book of Kalila and Dimna (painting, recto; text, verso), Illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi
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Isfandiyar Captures Gurgsar in Combat (text, recto; painting, verso), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi
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Firdawsi’s text here relates an exchange between the Sasanian ruler Khusraw Anushirvan (d. 578) and his vizier Buzurgmihr. Invited to join Anushirvan’s court after interpreting a d...
Post-Marijuana (Dama zhi hou), Written in Time Script
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Afrasiyab and Siyavush Embrace (painting, recto; text, verso), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi
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In this part of Firdawsi’s epic, the Iranian king Kay Kavus decided to wage war against Turan (Turkestan), even though his son, prince Siyavush, had signed a treaty with the Turani...
A shadow in the shadow
A shadow in the shadow
Piero Amati presents A shadow in the shadow. Anne Heywood, Ian Bannen, Valentina Cortese, Frank Finlay, Marisa Mell, Irene Papas, John Philip Law, German Paola, Lara Wendel, a movi...