ca. 1600
Town Isfahan,
Iran
Iran
Object qualities
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Objectillustration: Illustrated manuscript
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Author of the objectSultan 'Ali al-Mashhadi
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Type of arts & crafts
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MediumOpaque watercolor and gold on paper
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SizeH. 12 7/8 in. (32.7 cm) W. 8 5/16 in. (21.1 cm)
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Geography detailsAttributed to
Town Isfahan,
Iran -
Country today
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Dateca. 1600
Source of information
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Type of sourceDatabase “Metropolitan Museum of Art”
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Fund that the source refers toMetropolitan Museum of Art
Description
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This lavishly illuminated double-page frontispiece contains the first twenty lines of prayers. The text areas are enclosed by four large panels that contain the title of the book, Mantiq al-Tayr, and the author’s name, Farid al-Din ‘Attar, in the middle cartouche. A minute inscription at the edge of these panels says that it was made by a famous illuminator and painter, Zayn al-‘Abidin, in Isfahan by the order of Shah ‘Abbas. There are another four vertical panels filled with serrated leaves next to the text area. These panels are surrounded by a meticulously arranged lobed band that shows a harmonious combination of gold, blue, light green, orange, pink, and white.