Page of Calligraphy from a Mantiq al-tair (Language of the Birds), ca. 1600, Made in Iran, Ink, opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper, Codices, This folio belonged to a manuscript of the Mantiq al-Tair that was presented to the Ardabil shrine in 1608–09, more than a century after its text and most of its illustrations were completed. Under the Safavid Shah ‘Abbas, its pages were remounted and four illustrations, a frontispiece, and a new binding were added
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