'Yazdegird I Kicked to Death by the Water Horse', Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings), ca. 1300–30, Attributed to Northwestern Iran or Baghdad, Ink, opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper, Painting: H. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm), Codices, The legendary death of the Sasanian king Yazdegerd I–who was said to have been kicked by a horse that magically emerged from a spring–is charmingly depicted in this leaf from a dispersed manuscript of the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi, one of a few codices of small dimensions
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Yazdegird I Kicked, Death, Water Horse, Folio, Shahnama, Book, Kings, ca, 1300–30, Attributed, Northwestern Iran, Baghdad, Ink, opaque watercolor, silver, gold, paper, Painting, H, 2 1/8, 5.4 cm, Codices, legendary, death, Sasanian king, Yazdegerd, I–, said, kicked, horse, magically emerged, spring– charmingly, depicted, leaf, dispersed manuscript, Firdausi, codices, small dimensions
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