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Shirin and Farhad and the stream of milk, c1505. Shirin, seated on a mat and attended by a maid, converses with Farhad. Shirin, who enjoyed drinking milk, asked stonemason Farhad to dig a channel, so that a stream of milk could flow from the pastures to her palace. Persian miniature painting from a sixteenth century manuscript of the Khamsa (Five Poems) of Nizami.
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Caption:
Shirin and Farhad and the stream of milk, c1505. Shirin, seated on a mat and attended by a maid, converses with Farhad. Shirin, who enjoyed drinking milk, asked stonemason Farhad to dig a channel, so that a stream of milk could flow from the pastures to her palace. Persian miniature painting from a sixteenth century manuscript of the Khamsa (Five Poems) of Nizami.
Credit:
Album / British Library Board / TopFoto
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Image size:
3884 x 2698 px | 30.0 MB
Print size:
32.9 x 22.8 cm | 12.9 x 9.0 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
16TH CENTURY • ART & LITERATURE • CENTURY • CLOTHING: TURBAN • COLOUR • CONVERSATION • CONVERSING • COUNTRY • DESIGN • DRINK • ENGINEER • ENGINEERING • FEMALE • FOOD & DRINK • GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURE • GEOGRAPHY • HEADDRESS • HEADGEAR: TURBAN • KITCHENWARE: MILKPOT • LIFESTYLE & LEISURE • LOCATION • MAID • MALE • MAN • MEN • MILK • MILKPOT • MYTHOLOGY • OCCUPATION • OTHER • PEOPLE • PERSIA • PERSIAN • RELIGION & BELIEF • RIVER • SOCIETY & CULTURE • STREAM • TALKING • TURBAN • WOMAN
