Khamsa
![A page on ink, opaque watercolor and gold on polished cream and pink paper showing the meeting of two men and women in their towers watching a scene of people assembled below. The man in the center of the image is holding a painting of a human figure. The picture on the page is surrounded by Persian text.](https://isaw.nyu.edu/exhibitions/romance-reason/rrobjects/iskandar-meets-queen/@@images/8a785bc7-0081-4931-bc89-745a5342f3d4.png)
Khamsa
- Description:
- Folio 284 recto: Iskandar Meets Queen Nushabah of Bardaʿa
- Author:
- Nizami Ganjavi (1141–1209)
- Copyist:
- Unknown
- Language:
- Persian
- Medium:
- Ink and color, with gold on polished cream and pink papers
- Location:
- Shiraz
- Dimensions:
- Folio: H. 30 cm: W. 18.5 cm
- Date:
- 1515
- Inventory Number:
- Spencer Pers. Ms 47
- Lender:
- New York Public Library
- Credit:
- Spencer Collection, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations
Image Courtesy of the New York Public Library