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Mantiq al-tair (Language of the Birds)

Mantiq al-tair (Language of the Birds). Author: Farid al-Din `Attar (ca. 1142-1220). Calligrapher: Sultan `Ali Mashhadi (ca.1440-1520). Dimensions: H. 12 7/8 in. (32.7 cm) W. 8 5/16 in. (21.1 cm). Date: ca. 1600. This lavishly illuminated double-page frontispiece contains the first twenty lines of prayers. The text areas are enclosed by four large panels that contain the title of the book, Mantiq al-Tayr, and the author's name, Farid al-Din 'Attar, in the middle cartouche. A minute inscription at the edge of these panels says that it was made by a famous illuminator and painter, Zayn al-'Abidin, in Isfahan by the order of Shah 'Abbas. There are another four vertical panels filled with serrated leaves next to the text area. These panels are surrounded by a meticulously arranged lobed band that shows a harmonious combination of gold, blue, light green, orange, pink, and white.
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Mantiq al-tair (Language of the Birds)
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Mantiq al-tair (Language of the Birds). Author: Farid al-Din `Attar (ca. 1142-1220). Calligrapher: Sultan `Ali Mashhadi (ca.1440-1520). Dimensions: H. 12 7/8 in. (32.7 cm) W. 8 5/16 in. (21.1 cm). Date: ca. 1600. This lavishly illuminated double-page frontispiece contains the first twenty lines of prayers. The text areas are enclosed by four large panels that contain the title of the book, Mantiq al-Tayr, and the author's name, Farid al-Din 'Attar, in the middle cartouche. A minute inscription at the edge of these panels says that it was made by a famous illuminator and painter, Zayn al-'Abidin, in Isfahan by the order of Shah 'Abbas. There are another four vertical panels filled with serrated leaves next to the text area. These panels are surrounded by a meticulously arranged lobed band that shows a harmonious combination of gold, blue, light green, orange, pink, and white.
Technique/matériel:
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Musée:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Crédit:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
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Modèle: Non - Propriété: Non
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Taille de l'image:
4200 x 3150 px | 37.9 MB
Taille d'impression:
35.6 x 26.7 cm | 14.0 x 10.5 in (300 dpi)
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