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Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page (c. 1560) — gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper Zoom

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page

Unknown artist · c. 1560

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As punishment, the jester’s wife and the Zangi are thrown into fire and the emir’s wife and the mahout are trampled by an elephant, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot), Twenty-second Night

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Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page

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