Illuminated Frontispiece of a Manuscript of the Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)

text: dated 892 AH/1487 CE; illumination: ca. 1600

Ink, opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper · H. 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm) W. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)

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