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Illuminated Frontispiece of a Manuscript of the Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)

Farid al-Din `Attar

Maximum print size

23.9 × 33.5 cm · 9.4 × 13.2 in

at 300 DPI from the 2,828 × 3,968 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 8×10 inch frame.

Frame: 40.6 × 50.8 cm · 16.0 × 20.0 in
Mat opening: 23.9 × 33.5 cm · 9.4 × 13.2 in
Mat border, sides: 8.4 cm · 3.3 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 8.6 cm · 3.4 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date: text: dated A.H. 892/ 1487 CE; illumination: ca. 1600
Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper
Type: Codices
Orientation: portrait
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗

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