Folio from a Manafi al-hayawan (Usefulness of animals) by Ibn Bakhtishu (d.1058); recto: illustration and text: a deer and magpies; verso: text

Object Details

• Description

  Detached folio from a dispersed copy of Manafi' al-hayawan (Usefulness of animals) by Ibn Bakhtishu; text: Persian in black and red naskh script with title in Arabic in blue kufic script; recto: illustration and text: A deer and magpies, 2 lines; verso: text: 10 lines; one of a group of 6 folios.

• Origin

  Probably Maraghe, Iran

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Manuscript

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1300s

• Place

  Maraghe

• Topic

  Kufic script, Art, Animals, Magpie, Arts of the Islamic World, Mongol period (1220 - 1380), Il-Khanid dynasty (1256 - 1353)

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Language

  Naskh script

• Object Type

  Manuscripts