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Manuscript of the Mantiq Al-Tayr of Attar (Language of the Birds)circa 1480-1490; leather binding, circa 1550-1560

Not on view
Chestnut-brown leather book cover with a central lobed medallion stamped in relief and filled with scrolling dark vine and leaf decoration
Manuscript opening with two pages of Persian poetry written in nasta'liq script, arranged in double columns on aged cream paper; left page bears handwritten ownership notations and a circular seal impression in black ink.

Unknown, Manuscript of the Mantiq Al-Tayr of Attar (Language of the Birds), circa 1480-1490; leather binding, circa 1550-1560, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Edwin Binney, 3rd, Collection of Turkish Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Manuscript of the Mantiq Al-Tayr of Attar (Language of the Birds)
Place Made
Turkey
Date Made
circa 1480-1490; leather binding, circa 1550-1560
Medium
Opaque watercolors and gold on paper
Dimensions
6 7/8 x 4 3/4 x 5/8 in. (17.5 x 12 x 1.6 cm)
Credit Line
The Edwin Binney, 3rd, Collection of Turkish Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Accession Number
M.85.237.12
Classification
Manuscripts
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Islamic
Selected Bibliography
  • Denny, Walter B. Turkish Treasures from the Collection of Edward Binney, 3rd. Portland, OR: Portland Art Museum, 1979.

  • Pal, Pratapaditya, Thomas W. Lentz, Sheila R. Canby, Edwin Binney, 3rd, Walter B. Denny, and Stephen Markel. "Arts from Islamic Cultures: Los Angeles County Museum of Art." Arts of Asia 17, no. 6 (November/December 1987): 73-130.

  • Binney, Edwin, 3rd. "Turkish Arts of the Book in the Binney Collection." Arts of Asia 17, no.6 (Nov/Dec 1987): 97-104.