Illuminated Frontipiece of a Manuscript of the Mantiq al-tair (Language of the Birds)

Sultan 'Ali al-Mashhadi  (active late 15th–early 16th century)

Illuminator:
Zain al-'Abidin al-Tabrizi
Author:
Farid al-Din `Attar (ca. 1142–1220)
Object Name:
Illustrated manuscript
Date:
text: dated A.H. 892/ A.D. 1487; illumination: ca. 1600
Geography:
Iran, Isfahan; present-day Afghanistan, Herat
Medium:
Ink, opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper
Dimensions:
7.75 in. high 4.50 in. wide (19.7 cm high 11.4 cm wide)
Classification:
Codices
Credit Line:
Fletcher Fund, 1963
Accession Number:
63.210.1
140013561:7

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