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Pages of flowing verse from the parrot-tale manuscripts.
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Basawan · c. 1560
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Basawan · c. 1560
Text Page, Persian Prose, (verso), from Majmac al-Tavarikh (A Compendium of Histories) of Hafiz-i Abru
Unknown artist · c. 1425
Persian verses (verso) from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (940-1019 or 1025)
Unknown artist · late 1400s
The Tale of the Twelve Faces. "Bizhan Addresses the Army": Illustration from the Firdausi Shahnama (recto)
Unknown artist · 1341
![Text Page, Persian Verses (verso) Bahram Gur Visits the Princess of India: from a manuscript of the Khamsa of Nizami, Haft Paykar [Seven Portraits]](https://pub-21d96e9fd06c4141be748e62e20111a9.r2.dev/thumb/cleveland/123988.webp)
Text Page, Persian Verses (verso) Bahram Gur Visits the Princess of India: from a manuscript of the Khamsa of Nizami, Haft Paykar [Seven Portraits]
Unknown artist · c. 1400–1410
Text Page, Arabic Prose (verso) Text from The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices (Automata) of Inb al-Razza al-Jazari
Unknown artist · 1315
Text Page, Persian Prose (recto) from a Manuscript of the Majma' al-Tavarikh (A Compendium of Histories) by Hafiz-i Abru:
Unknown artist · c. 1425
Text Page, Persian Verses (recto) from the Shahnama of Firdawsi
Unknown artist · c. 1350
Text Page, Persian Prose (recto) from Nuzhat Nama-yi Ala'i (Excellent Book of Counsel) of Shah Mardan Ibn Abi al-Khayr
Unknown artist · 1400s
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Unknown artist · c. 1560
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Unknown artist · c. 1560
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Unknown artist · c. 1560
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Unknown artist · c. 1560
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Unknown artist · c. 1560
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Unknown artist · c. 1560
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Unknown artist · c. 1560
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Unknown artist · c. 1560
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Unknown artist · c. 1560
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Unknown artist · c. 1560
Tuti-Nama (Tales of a Parrot): Tale XIII
Unknown artist · c. 1560
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Unknown artist · c. 1560
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Unknown artist · c. 1560
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Unknown artist · c. 1560
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Unknown artist · c. 1560
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Unknown artist · c. 1560
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Unknown artist · c. 1560
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Unknown artist · c. 1560
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Unknown artist · c. 1560
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Unknown artist · c. 1560
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Unknown artist · c. 1560
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Unknown artist · c. 1560
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Unknown artist · c. 1560
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Unknown artist · c. 1560
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Unknown artist · c. 1560
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Unknown artist · c. 1560
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Unknown artist · c. 1560
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Unknown artist · c. 1560
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Unknown artist · c. 1560
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Unknown artist · c. 1560
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Unknown artist · c. 1560
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Unknown artist · c. 1560
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Unknown artist · c. 1560
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Unknown artist · c. 1560
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Unknown artist · c. 1560
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Unknown artist · c. 1560
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Unknown artist · c. 1560
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Unknown artist · c. 1560
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Unknown artist · c. 1560
Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page
Unknown artist · c. 1560
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