Title: "Allusion to Sura 27:16", Folio from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)
Object type: Folio from an illustrated manuscript
Date: dated 892 AH/1486 CE
Artist:  Farid al-Din `Attar 
Artist bio: Iranian, Nishapur ca. 1142–ca. 1220 Nishapur
Artist nationality: Iranian
Artist role: Author
Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Dimensions: H. 15 1/2 in. (39.4 cm)
W. 8 in. (20.3 cm)
Classification: Codices
Credit line: Fletcher Fund, 1963
Geography: Attributed to Herat   present-day Afghanistan      
Department: Islamic Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY