Title: Overflap and Inside Cover of a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja
Object type: Illustrated manuscript
Date: dated 931 AH/1524–25 CE
Artist:  Nizami 
Artist bio: present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja
Artist role: Author
Medium: Binding: leather; embossed, gold, and color 
Manuscript: ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Dimensions: H. 12 5/8 in. (32.1 cm)
W. 9 1/16 in. (23 cm)
D. 1 15/16 in. (5 cm)
Classification: Codices
Credit line: Gift of Alexander Smith Cochran, 1913
Geography: Made in Herat   present-day Afghanistan      
Department: Islamic Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY