Category: the book of kings
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A folio from the largest extant manuscript of the Persian ‘Book of Kings’ could fetch $7 million at Sotheby’s
[ad_1] An illuminated folio from the most treasured manuscript of ShahnamehPersian The Book of Kingswill reappear on 26 October alongside ornate texts and artefacts for Sotheby’s London’s latest bi-annual Arts of the Islamic World and India auction series. The single, double-sided sheet from the epic story of Persian rulers, told over 50,000 rhyming couplets, is…