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

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Isfandiyar's Third Course: He Slays a Dragon', Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings), ca. 1330–40, Attributed to Iran, probably Isfahan, Ink, opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper, Page: 8 1/8 x 5 1/4 in. ( x cm), Codices, The painting, showing Isfandiyar about to kill a dragon with bow and arrow in a conventional man-against-beast pose, depicts the last part of this episode in which the hero first weakens the animal with swords sticking out of a carriage he had built

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