"Isfandiyar's Fourth Course: He Slays a Sorceress", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi, ca. 1330–40

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Isfandiyar's Fourth Course: He Slays a Sorceress', Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi, ca. 1330–40, Attributed to Iran, probably Isfahan, Ink, opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper, Page: H. 7 7/8 in. (20 cm), Codices, Depictions of the encounter of Isfandiyar and the sorceress customarily show the witch in her true form - as a hideous hag - rather than in the guise of a beautiful maiden as she first appears. In this idyllic scene, set in an oasis in the desert, the hero, who knows her true personality, lures her with the sound of his lute

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