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Persian Miniature Paintings, Epic Poetry and the Internet

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Think small and take yourself back to Persia over 1000 years ago. Learn about courtly life, warfare and the human predicament from the miniature paintings and poetry of Firdausi’s epic verse ‘The Shahnama – Book of Kings’. Given by Dr Melville. Ages 14+

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