Persia past and present; a book of travel and research, with more than two hundred illustrations and a map (1906)
Jackson, A. V. Williams (Abraham Valentine Williams), 1862-1937 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, Macmillan & Co., ltd. · leaf 398
fs on the rear wall, and I shall describe thesewith some detail. The wall is divided by a carved ledge into two parts, anupper and a lower. The lower portion is devoted to a hugeequestrian statue of Khosru, representing him as mounted upona war-horse of gigantic size. This is Khosrus favorite… … SCULPTURES IN THE LARGER ARCH 223 trappings, the poitrel, or metal flounce which protects his chest,being richly ornamented with tassels artistically chiselled, buthere again iconoclasts have marred the effect of the figure bymutilating the animals head and legs. The royal rider is ofsuperhuman…
Zoroastrianism
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