"How Rustam Found a Spring", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi ca. 1300–30 Abu'l Qasim Firdausi The two miniatures and illustrate the first and second of Rustam's seven ordeals. The first depicts the frequently illustrated scene of Rustam's gallant horse Rakhsh killing a lion while the hero sleeps. The subject of the second miniature is, on the other hand, rarely depicted. Rustam and Rakhsh nearly die of heat and thirst in the desert before, with the help of divine providence, they find a spring. Rustam bathes and grooms his faithful steed by the water's edge, a
"How Rustam Found a Spring", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi ca. 1300–30 Abu'l Qasim Firdausi The two miniatures and illustrate the first and second of Rustam's seven ordeals. The first depicts the frequently illustrated scene of Rustam's gallant horse Rakhsh killing a lion while the hero sleeps. The subject of the second miniature is, on the other hand, rarely depicted. Rustam and Rakhsh nearly die of heat and thirst in the desert before, with the help of divine providence, they find a spring. Rustam bathes and grooms his faithful steed by the water's edge, as seen here. The painter is very sympathetic to the closeness between the hero and his trustworthy "How Rustam Found a Spring", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi 452049
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