# Manuscripts of the 16th century

Style galleries · hang 750 · 18 works

Manuscripts made in the 16th century, from every museum.

The rooms are imagined; every work on their walls is real.

## Section 1, north wall

1. ["Farhad Carves a Milk Channel for Shirin", Folio 74 from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/farhad-carves-a-milk-channel-for-shirin-folio-74-from-a-kham-met-446595), Nizami, dated 931 AH/1524–25 CE. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/manuscript-16/farhad-carves-a-milk-channel-for-shirin-folio-74-from-a-kham-met-446595?hang=750)
2. ["Isfandiyar's Third Course: He Slays a Dragon", Folio 434v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/isfandiyar-s-third-course-he-slays-a-dragon-folio-434v-from-met-452160), Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, ca. 1530. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/manuscript-16/isfandiyar-s-third-course-he-slays-a-dragon-folio-434v-from-met-452160?hang=750)
3. ["Laila and Majnun in School", Folio 129 from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/laila-and-majnun-in-school-folio-129-from-a-khamsa-quintet-o-met-446603), Nizami, dated 931 AH/1524–25 CE. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/manuscript-16/laila-and-majnun-in-school-folio-129-from-a-khamsa-quintet-o-met-446603?hang=750)

## Section 1, south wall

4. ["The Concourse of the Birds", Folio 11r from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-concourse-of-the-birds-folio-11r-from-a-mantiq-al-tayr-l-met-451725), Habiballah of Sava, ca. 1600. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/manuscript-16/the-concourse-of-the-birds-folio-11r-from-a-mantiq-al-tayr-l-met-451725?hang=750)
5. ["Portrait of Maharaja Bhim Kanwar", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/portrait-of-maharaja-bhim-kanwar-folio-from-the-shah-jahan-a-met-451265), Nanha, verso: ca. 1615–29; recto: ca. 1540. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/manuscript-16/portrait-of-maharaja-bhim-kanwar-folio-from-the-shah-jahan-a-met-451265?hang=750)
6. ["Akbar With Lion and Calf", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/akbar-with-lion-and-calf-folio-from-the-shah-jahan-album-met-451268), Govardhan, verso: ca. 1630; recto: ca. 1530–50. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/manuscript-16/akbar-with-lion-and-calf-folio-from-the-shah-jahan-album-met-451268?hang=750)

## Section 2, south wall

7. ["The Angel Gabriel meets 'Amr ibn Zaid (the Shepherd)", Folio from a Siyer-i Nebi (the Life of the Prophet)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-angel-gabriel-meets-amr-ibn-zaid-the-shepherd-folio-from-met-453351), Mustafa ibn Vali, ca. 1595. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/manuscript-16/the-angel-gabriel-meets-amr-ibn-zaid-the-shepherd-folio-from-met-453351?hang=750)
8. ["Bahram Gur Sees a Herd of Deer Mesmerized by Dilaram' s Music", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/bahram-gur-sees-a-herd-of-deer-mesmerized-by-dilaram-s-music-met-446562), Amir Khusrau Dihlavi, 1597–98. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/manuscript-16/bahram-gur-sees-a-herd-of-deer-mesmerized-by-dilaram-s-music-met-446562?hang=750)
9. ["A Muslim Pilgrim Learns a Lesson in Piety from a Brahman", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/a-muslim-pilgrim-learns-a-lesson-in-piety-from-a-brahman-fol-met-446563), Amir Khusrau Dihlavi, 1597–98. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/manuscript-16/a-muslim-pilgrim-learns-a-lesson-in-piety-from-a-brahman-fol-met-446563?hang=750)

## Section 2, north wall

10. ["A King Offers to Make Amends to a Bereaved Mother", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/a-king-offers-to-make-amends-to-a-bereaved-mother-folio-from-met-446560), Amir Khusrau Dihlavi, 1597–98. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/manuscript-16/a-king-offers-to-make-amends-to-a-bereaved-mother-folio-from-met-446560?hang=750)
11. ["Bahram Gur Pins the Coupling Onagers", Folio 568r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/bahram-gur-pins-the-coupling-onagers-folio-568r-from-the-sha-met-452171), Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, ca. 1530–35. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/manuscript-16/bahram-gur-pins-the-coupling-onagers-folio-568r-from-the-sha-met-452171?hang=750)
12. ["The Angel Surush Rescues Khusrau Parviz from a Cul-de-sac", Folio 708v from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-angel-surush-rescues-khusrau-parviz-from-a-cul-de-sac-fo-met-452182), Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, ca. 1530–35. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/manuscript-16/the-angel-surush-rescues-khusrau-parviz-from-a-cul-de-sac-fo-met-452182?hang=750)

## Section 3, north wall

13. ["Shah Jahan on a Terrace, Holding a Pendant Set With His Portrait", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/shah-jahan-on-a-terrace-holding-a-pendant-set-with-his-portr-met-451270), Chitarman, recto: dated 1627–28; verso: ca. 1530–50. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/manuscript-16/shah-jahan-on-a-terrace-holding-a-pendant-set-with-his-portr-met-451270?hang=750)
14. ["Alexander Visits the Sage Plato in his Mountain Cave", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/alexander-visits-the-sage-plato-in-his-mountain-cave-folio-f-met-446564), Amir Khusrau Dihlavi, 1597–98. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/manuscript-16/alexander-visits-the-sage-plato-in-his-mountain-cave-folio-f-met-446564?hang=750)

## Section 3, south wall

15. ["The Story of the Princess of the Blue Pavillion: The Youth of Rum Is Entertained in a Garden by a Fairy and her Maidens", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-story-of-the-princess-of-the-blue-pavillion-the-youth-of-met-446567), Amir Khusrau Dihlavi, 1597–98. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/manuscript-16/the-story-of-the-princess-of-the-blue-pavillion-the-youth-of-met-446567?hang=750)
16. ["Shaikh San'an and the Christian Maiden", Folio 22v from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/shaikh-san-an-and-the-christian-maiden-folio-22v-from-a-mant-met-451728), Farid al-Din \`Attar, ca. 1600. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/manuscript-16/shaikh-san-an-and-the-christian-maiden-folio-22v-from-a-mant-met-451728?hang=750)

## Doors

- [Farid al-Din \`Attar's contemporaries](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-farid-al-din-attar?hang=750&via=continue) (8 works)
- [16th-century Persia](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-persia?hang=750&via=continue) (6 works)
- [Manuscripts of the 16th century, room 2](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/manuscript-16?hang=750&cursor=eyJvIjoxNiwiaCI6NzUwLCJpIjpudWxsLCJnIjoicWxEVXYtX3cifQ)