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Binding and Text-Block for the Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)

Farid al-Din `Attar · 1142–1220

Maximum print size

22.1 × 32.8 cm · 8.7 × 12.9 in

at 300 DPI from the 2,619 × 3,875 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 8×10 inch frame.

Frame
40.6 × 50.8 cm · 16.0 × 20.0 in
Mat opening
22.1 × 32.8 cm · 8.7 × 12.9 in
Mat border, sides
9.4 cm · 3.7 in
Mat border, top and bottom
9.1 cm · 3.6 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date
ca. 1600
Medium
Binding: Leather, gold, and color; carved, impressed, and gilded Text-block: Ink, opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper
Type
Codices
Orientation
portrait
Collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗

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