Folio from a Kalila wa-dimna; recto: text, The story of magpies and owls; verso: The battle between the magpies and the owls

Object Details

• Description

  Detached folio from a dispersed copy of Kalila wa dimna; text: Persian in black nasta’liq script; recto: text: The story of magpies and owls, heading in gold, one column, 14 lines; verso: illustration and text: The battle between the magpies and the owls.

  Border: The text and the painting are set in gold and black rulings on cream-colored paper.

• Origin

  Iran

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Manuscript

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• Date

  1400s

• Topic

  Art, Animals, Timurid period (1378 - 1506), Kalila wa-Dimna, Owl, Magpie, Arts of the Islamic World, Fable, Birds

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Object Type

  Manuscripts