Gordiya Parleys with Tuwurg, 1341, Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn `Ali ibn Husaini (known as al-Mausili), 13 x 8 1/8 in. ( x cm) (sheet), Ink, colors, and gold on paper, Iran, 14th century, This page, from the same Shahnameh manuscript as the work on the left, shifts the image to the bottom of the six-columned text, demonstrating the variety and visual rhythm of the complete manuscript. The scene depicts the influential Iranian noblewoman Gordiya, seen on horseback on the left. Her late brother Bahram had attempted to seize the throne from the Sasanian emperor Khosrow II

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