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THE COURT OF GAYUMARS
Nancy DemerdashThe ShahnamaThis sumptuo page, The Court of Gayumars (also spelled Kayumars— see top of page, tails below and large image here), om an illumated mancript of the Shahnama (Book of Kgs)—an epic poem scribg the history of kgship Persia (what is now Iran). As wh many of the workshops of early morn Wt Asia, producg a page such as the Court of Gayumars often entailed the ntributns of many artists.