EditorialPage from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): First night: The merchant hears of his wife?s unfaithfulness (above); the unfaithful wife performs penance by plucking her hair (below), c. 1560. India, Mughal, Reign of Akbar, 16th century. Opaque watercolor an...
EditorialThe sweet-seller enraged. He tears off the head of his parrot who has told him of his wife's unfaithfulness. Sinbadnama, the Story of Sinbad, in an anonymous Persian version, with 72 miniatures. c.1575. Source: I.O. ISLAMIC 3214, f.40v. Language: Persian.
EditorialHaving suspected his mate of unfaithfulness, the partridge tears her head off but immediately repents. Sinbadnama, the Story of Sinbad, in an anonymous Persian version, with 72 miniatures. c.1575. Source: I.O. ISLAMIC 3214, f.54v. Language: Persian.
EditorialThe sweet-seller enraged. He tears off the head of his parrot who has told him of his wife's unfaithfulness. Sinbadnama, the Story of Sinbad, in an anonymous Persian version, with 72 miniatures. c.1575. Source: I.O. ISLAMIC 3214, f.40v. Language: Persian.
EditorialHaving suspected his mate of unfaithfulness, the partridge tears her head off but immediately repents. Sinbadnama, the Story of Sinbad, in an anonymous Persian version, with 72 miniatures. c.1575. Source: I.O. ISLAMIC 3214, f.54v. Language: Persian.