Binding and Text-Block for the Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)
Object type: Bookbinding and text-block

Department: Islamic Art
Artist: Farid al-Din `Attar
Artist bio: Iranian, Nishapur ca. 1142–ca. 1220 Nishapur
Artist role: Author
Artist nationality: Iranian
Date: ca. 1600
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
Geography: Made in Isfahan   Iran  
Credit line: Fletcher Fund, 1963
Accession year: 1963