"The Old Snake Tells the Tale of Biting the Ascetic's Son by Mistake", Folio from a Kalila wa Dimna
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subject_titleThe Thieves on the Roof Awaken the Merchant", Folio from a Kalila wa Dimna
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subject_title"The Ascetic Witnesses the Woman Trying to Poison the Lover", Folio from a Kalila wa Dimna
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subject_creditlineThe Alice and Nasli Heeramaneck Collection, Gift of Alice Heeramaneck, 1981
subject_title"The Queen Ilar (Irakht) Before the King Warning him About the Brahmins (?)", Folio from a Kalila wa Dimna
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subject_creditlineThe Alice and Nasli Heeramaneck Collection, Gift of Alice Heeramaneck, 1981
subject_title"The Parent Bird Blinds the Prince in Revenge for the Death of her Young One", Folio from a Kalila wa Dimna
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subject_creditlineThe Alice and Nasli Heeramaneck Collection, Gift of Alice Heeramaneck, 1981
subject_title"Ilar (or Irakht) About to Throw the Bowl of Rice at the King", Folio from a Kalila wa Dimna
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