Bookbinding with Animals in a Landscape, mid-16th century, Made in India, Leather and papier-maché; painted, gilded, and lacquered, L. 10-1/4 in, Codices, This bookbinding is a rare example surviving from the Akbar period. Although the contents of the manuscript it covered are now dispersed, it once contained the Persian poet Jami’s retelling of the tale of Yusuf and Zulayka from the Qur’an
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