"A Ruffian Spares the Life of a Poor Man", Folio 4v from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)
Farid al-Din `Attar
Binding and Text-Block for the Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)
Farid al-Din `Attar →ca. 1600
Binding: Leather, gold, and color; carved, impressed, and gilded Text-block: Ink, opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper · H. 13 (33 cm) W. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Manhattan →
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"Shaikh San'an and the Christian Maiden", Folio 22v from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)
Farid al-Din `Attar
Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)
Farid al-Din `Attar
