EditorialIsfandiyar lassoes Gurgsar. Shahnama of Firdawsi, with 39 miniatures. Opaque w. 1614. Isfandiyar lassoes Gurgsar and drags him from his horse. The usual crowded battle-scene, somewhat rubbed along the left-hand edge. 25.5 by 19.5 cm. Image taken from ...
EditorialIskandar lassoes a demon. Khamsa. Iran, c.1505. Iskandar lassoing the Russian demon. A miniature painting from a sixteenth century manuscript of the Khamsa ('Five Poems') of Nizami. Image taken from Khamsa. Originally published/produced in Iran, c.15...