Quanzar Miniature Painting The Affair

Quanzar was famous for the quality of its miniature art used to decorate books. Usually this consisted mainly of religious texts, treatise on governance or military tactics, or histories. Of course fiction and poetry were also popular, none more so that the forbidden erotic texts. Seen in this collection of plates are scenes from stories and warnings on the danger of illicit love between a Quanzari noblewomen and a Black guard or servant.