Frontispiece of the Shah Nama, late 15th century, 9 15/16 x 6 5/16 in. ( x 16 cm), Colors and gold on paper, Iran, 15th century, This illuminated frontispiece originally comprised the title pages of a copy of the Shah Nama, or Book of Kings, a work of 50,000 rhymed couplets that recounts the heroic tales of Iran's pre-Muslim past. The central fields are written in a fluid thuluth script, and the white calligraphic headings are executed in the more angular and formal kufic script. Book illuminators were responsible for decorating the chapter headings, marginal ornaments, and verse stops

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