Illustration from the manuscript of the Romance of Varqa and Gulshah, c.1250.

FIG. 8.-17, 18a: Une autre scène de lutte entre Warqah et Rabī‘; au milieu un cyprès, et des plantes; à droite et à gauche, des oiseaux; le cheval de Warqah porte une cottes de maille; fond rouge.
FIG. 8.-17, 18a: Another scene of struggle between Warqah and Rabī‘; amid a cypress, and plants; to right and left, birds; Warqah's horse wears chain mail; red background.


f.17/18a. Warqa in combat with Rabi.


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