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2021-08-02 04:00:00

#ChessInVisualArts 4/n
Buzurgmihr masters the game of chess
Folio from the #Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Author: #Firdausi (ca. 940/41-1020)
Persian manuscript made in Iran or Iraq
ca. 1300-30
Metropolitan Museum of Art, USA
#chess #VisualArts #IlluminatedManuscript #MiddleAges