'Iskandar Speaks with the Bird on the Mountain', Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi, ca. 1330–40, Attributed to Iran, probably Isfahan, Ink, opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper, Page: 8 1/16 x 5 1/4 in. (20.5 x 13.3 cm), Codices, Iskandar (Alexander the Great) finds large birds nesting on tall poles high in the mountains. One speaks to him, sending him to a mountaintop. There, still higher up, he will see Israfil, the angel with the trumpet, who warns him of his impending demise
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