Binding and Text-Block for the Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)

Medium

Binding: Leather, gold, and color; carved, impressed, and gilded Text-block: Ink, opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper

Dimensions

H. 13 (33 cm) W. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm)

Classification

Codices

Department

Islamic Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Fletcher Fund, 1963

Accession Number

63.210.67