Title: Page of Calligraphy from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)
Object type: Illustrated  album leaf
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: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions: H. 13 in. (33 cm)
W. 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm)
Classification: Codices
Credit line: Fletcher Fund, 1963
Geography: Attributed to Isfahan   Iran      
Department: Islamic Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Calligraphy