Title: Illuminated Frontispiece of a Manuscript of the Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)
Object type: Illustrated manuscript
Date: text: dated 892 AH/1487 CE; illumination: ca. 1600
Artist:  Sultan 'Ali al-Mashhadi 
Artist bio: Iranian, Mashhad 1453–1520 Mashhad
Artist nationality: Iranian
Artist role: Calligrapher
Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper
Dimensions: H. 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm)
W. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)
Classification: Codices
Credit line: Fletcher Fund, 1963
Geography: Made in Herat   present-day Afghanistan      
Department: Islamic Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY