'The Anecdote of the Man Who Fell into the Water', Folio 44r from a Mantiq al-tair (Language of the Birds), dated A.H. 892/A.D. 1487, Made in present-day Afghanistan, Herat, Opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper, Painting: H. 7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm), Codices, This painting from Attar’s Mantiq al Tair illustrates the parable told by the hoopoe in which a man’s pride in his exceptionally long beard causes him to drown in the sea—teaching that pride in worldly attachments will eventually bring one to ruin
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Anecdote, Man, Fell, Water, Folio 44r, Mantiq al-tair, Language, Birds, dated .H, 892/.D, 1487, present-day Afghanistan, Herat, Opaque watercolor, silver, gold, paper, Painting, H, 7 3/8, 18.7 cm, Codices, painting, Attar, Mantiq, al, Tair, illustrates, parable told, hoopoe, man, pride, exceptionally long, beard, causes, drown, sea—teaching, worldly attachments, will, eventually, bring, ruin
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