Title: "The Four Knights of Kai Khusrau in the Mountains", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Object type: Folio from an illustrated manuscript
Date: dated 741 AH/1341 CE
Artist:  Abu'l Qasim Firdausi 
Artist bio: Iranian, Paj ca. 940/41–1020 Tus
Artist nationality: Iranian
Artist role: Author
Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Dimensions: Page: H. 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm)
          W. 11 5/16 in. (28.7 cm)
Painting: H. 6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm)
                W. 9 5/16 in. (23.6 cm)
Mat: H. 22 in. (55.9 cm)
        W. 16 in. (40.6 cm)
Classification: Codices
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1936
Geography: Made in Shiraz   Iran      
Department: Islamic Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Men, term: Horses, term: Knights