Title: Page of Calligraphy from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)
Object type: Folio from an illustrated manuscript
Date: ca. 1600
Artist:  Farid al-Din `Attar 
Artist bio: Iranian, Nishapur ca. 1142–ca. 1220 Nishapur
Artist nationality: Iranian
Artist role: Author
Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper
Dimensions: H. 13 in. (33 cm)
W. 8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm)
Classification: Codices
Credit line: Fletcher Fund, 1963
Geography: Made in    Iran      
Department: Islamic Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY