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The prince being taken away for execution on the false complaint of the handmaiden, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night

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

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The prince’s execution is prevented by the king’s viziers, who recount a series of moralizing stories.

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