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The old procuress conveys the young man’s message of love to Mansur’s wife, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot: Seventeenth Night

c. 1560
gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

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The golden mihrab next to vessels for ritual cleansing points toward Mecca, emphasizing the wife’s piety.

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