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Single Leaf from Mantiq al-tayr by Farid al-din `Atta

Title	Single Leaf from Mantiq al-tayr by Farid al-din `Atta
Author	Farid al-Din 'Attar (died 618 AH/AD 1221), Attributed to Bihzad (died 942 AH/AD 1536-1537)
Publication Date:	late 9th century AH/AD 15th century (Timurid)
Publication Place	Uzbekistan, Bukhara (Place of Origin) Afghanistan, Herat (Place of Origin) -
Subject	Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic World, Islamic Manuscripts
Type	belge
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	H: 11 1/4 x W: 7 1/2 in. (28.5 x 19 cm); Image H: 11 1/4 x W: 7 1/2 in. (28.5 x 19 cm)
Library:	The Walters Art Museum
Record ID	W.678
Library Location	Not on view
Date	late 9th century AH/AD 15th century (Timurid)
Notes	This Timurid leaf depicting a funeral procession, Walters W.678, is from a copy of Mantiq al-tayr (The language of the birds) by the Persian Sufi poet Farid al-Din 'Attar (died 618 AH/AD 1221). It represents a son's lamentation at his father's funeral. The parent manuscript was likely produced in Timurid Herat or Bukhara in the late 9th century AH/AD 15th. There are fewer than 10 known illustrated copies of the Mantiq al-tayr. In the bottom right corner is a later attribution to the famous Persian artist Bihzad (died 942 AH/AD 1536-1537). The painting is surrounded by a biscuit-colored, gold-sprinkled border. The Walters' leaf is comparable to the same scene illustrated in the copy housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (63.210.35).
Sergi Ayrıntıları	Art of Persia. Ithaca College Museum of Art, Ithaca.
Sergi Yılı	1966-1967
Bağış/Edinim	Acquired by Henry Walters

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Single Leaf from Mantiq al-tayr by Farid al-din `Atta

Author Farid al-Din 'Attar (died 618 AH/AD 1221), Attributed to Bihzad (died 942 AH/AD 1536-1537)

Publication Date late 9th century AH/AD 15th century (Timurid)

Publication Place Uzbekistan, Bukhara (Place of Origin) Afghanistan, Herat (Place of Origin) -

Subject Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic World, Islamic Manuscripts

Type belge

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions H: 11 1/4 x W: 7 1/2 in. (28.5 x 19 cm); Image H: 11 1/4 x W: 7 1/2 in. (28.5 x 19 cm)

Library The Walters Art Museum

Record ID W.678

Library Location Not on view

Date late 9th century AH/AD 15th century (Timurid)

Notes This Timurid leaf depicting a funeral procession, Walters W.678, is from a copy of Mantiq al-tayr (The language of the birds) by the Persian Sufi poet Farid al-Din 'Attar (died 618 AH/AD 1221). It represents a son's lamentation at his father's funeral. The parent manuscript was likely produced in Timurid Herat or Bukhara in the late 9th century AH/AD 15th. There are fewer than 10 known illustrated copies of the Mantiq al-tayr. In the bottom right corner is a later attribution to the famous Persian artist Bihzad (died 942 AH/AD 1536-1537). The painting is surrounded by a biscuit-colored, gold-sprinkled border. The Walters' leaf is comparable to the same scene illustrated in the copy housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (63.210.35).

Sergi Ayrıntıları Art of Persia. Ithaca College Museum of Art, Ithaca.

Sergi Yılı 1966-1967

Bağış/Edinim Acquired by Henry Walters