"The Language of the Birds": The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 25, no. 9 (May, 1967)
THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART BULLETIN | VOLUME 25 | NUMBER 9

"The Language of the Birds"

Grube, Ernst J., and Marie Lukens Swietochowski
1967
40 pages
8 x 10 in
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"The Fifteenth-Century Miniatures"
Marie Lukens Swietochowski

"The Seventeenth-Century Miniatures"
Ernst J. Grube

"The Beggar who Professed his Love for a Prince", Folio 28r from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds), Farid al-Din `Attar  Iranian, Ink, opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper
Farid al-Din `Attar
dated 892 AH/1486 CE
"The Eavesdropper", Folio 47r from a Haft Paikar (Seven Portraits) of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, Maulana Azhar, Ink, opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper
Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1430
"The Anecdote of the Man Who Fell into the Water", Folio 44r from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds), Sultan 'Ali al-Mashhadi  Iranian, Opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper
Sultan 'Ali al-Mashhadi
Farid al-Din `Attar
dated 892 AH/1487 CE
"Funeral Procession", Folio 35r from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds), Sultan 'Ali al-Mashhadi  Iranian, Opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper
Sultan 'Ali al-Mashhadi
Farid al-Din `Attar
dated 892 AH/1486 CE
"Shaikh Mahneh and the Villager", Folio 49r from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds), Farid al-Din `Attar  Iranian, Opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper
Farid al-Din `Attar
1487
"Shaikh San'an and the Christian Maiden", Folio 22v from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds), Farid al-Din `Attar  Iranian, Opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper
Farid al-Din `Attar
ca. 1600
Youth and Dervish, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper (tinted drawing)
second quarter 17th century
"The Concourse of the Birds", Folio 11r from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds), Habiballah of Sava  Iranian, Ink, opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper
Habiballah of Sava
Farid al-Din `Attar
ca. 1600
"Shaikh San'an beneath the Window of the Christian Maiden", Folio18r  from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds), Farid al-Din `Attar  Iranian, Opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper
Farid al-Din `Attar
Sultan 'Ali al-Mashhadi
ca. 1600
"A Ruffian Spares the Life of a Poor Man", Folio 4v from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds), Farid al-Din `Attar  Iranian, Ink, opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper
Farid al-Din `Attar
ca. 1600