PLATE XL
Rustam and the White Demon
Entering the cavern where the demon lurks, the hero hews him limb from limb and finally slays him. In this miniature the sole traces of the animal nature of the demon are the horns springing from his head. From a Persian manuscript of the Shāhnāmah, dated 1605—08 a.d., now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
