Franciscus Contini, Ideal Plan of Rome Under Hadrian (ca. 130), Detail, 1663
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Opening Page Illumination from the manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdawsi
Iran, Shiraz, Timurid Period, 15th century
c. 1444
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