Title: 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, silver, and gold on paper
Classification: Codices
Credit line: Fletcher Fund, 1963
Geography: Attributed to Isfahan   Iran      
Department: Islamic Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY