# Manuscripts

Style galleries · hang 749 · 47 works

Every one of the collection's manuscripts, in today's hang.

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

## Section 1, north wall

1. ["Preparing Medicine from Honey", from a Dispersed Manuscript of an Arabic Translation of De Materia Medica of Dioscorides](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/preparing-medicine-from-honey-from-a-dispersed-manuscript-of-met-451400), 'Abdullah ibn al-Fadl, dated 621 AH/1224 CE. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/manuscript/preparing-medicine-from-honey-from-a-dispersed-manuscript-of-met-451400?hang=749)
2. ["Laila and Majnun at School", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/laila-and-majnun-at-school-folio-from-a-khamsa-quintet-of-ni-met-455041), Ja'far Baisunghuri, 835 AH/1431–32 CE. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/manuscript/laila-and-majnun-at-school-folio-from-a-khamsa-quintet-of-ni-met-455041?hang=749)
3. ["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/portrait-of-maharaja-bhim-kanwar-folio-from-the-shah-jahan-a-met-451265?hang=749)

## Section 1, south wall

4. ["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/a-muslim-pilgrim-learns-a-lesson-in-piety-from-a-brahman-fol-met-446563?hang=749)
5. ["Muhammad's Call to Prophecy and the First Revelation", Folio from a Majma' al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Histories)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/muhammad-s-call-to-prophecy-and-the-first-revelation-folio-f-met-451418), Hafiz-i Abru, ca. 1425. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/manuscript/muhammad-s-call-to-prophecy-and-the-first-revelation-folio-f-met-451418?hang=749)
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/akbar-with-lion-and-calf-folio-from-the-shah-jahan-album-met-451268?hang=749)

## Section 2, south wall

7. ["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/shaikh-san-an-and-the-christian-maiden-folio-22v-from-a-mant-met-451728?hang=749)
8. ["The Four Knights of Kai Khusrau in the Mountains", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-four-knights-of-kai-khusrau-in-the-mountains-folio-from-met-449107), Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, dated 741 AH/1341 CE. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/manuscript/the-four-knights-of-kai-khusrau-in-the-mountains-folio-from-met-449107?hang=749)
9. ["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/alexander-visits-the-sage-plato-in-his-mountain-cave-folio-f-met-446564?hang=749)

## Section 2, north wall

10. ["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/shah-jahan-on-a-terrace-holding-a-pendant-set-with-his-portr-met-451270?hang=749)
11. [Royal Reception in a Landscape, left folio from the double frontispiece of a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 940–1019 or 1025)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/royal-reception-in-a-landscape-left-folio-from-the-double-fr-cma-133448), Unrecorded Persian maker, 1444. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/manuscript/royal-reception-in-a-landscape-left-folio-from-the-double-fr-cma-133448?hang=749)
12. ["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/laila-and-majnun-in-school-folio-129-from-a-khamsa-quintet-o-met-446603?hang=749)

## Section 3, north wall

13. [Folio from the "Tashkent Qur'an"](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/folio-from-the-tashkent-qur-an-met-454661), Unrecorded maker, late 8th–early 9th century. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/manuscript/folio-from-the-tashkent-qur-an-met-454661?hang=749)
14. [Folio from the "Blue Qur'an"](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/folio-from-the-blue-qur-an-met-454662), Unrecorded maker, second half 9th–mid-10th century. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/manuscript/folio-from-the-blue-qur-an-met-454662?hang=749)

## Section 3, south wall

15. ["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/the-concourse-of-the-birds-folio-11r-from-a-mantiq-al-tayr-l-met-451725?hang=749)
16. ["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/isfandiyar-s-third-course-he-slays-a-dragon-folio-434v-from-met-452160?hang=749)

## Doors

- [More by Abu'l Qasim Firdausi](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/abu-l-qasim-firdausi?hang=749&via=continue) (10 works)
- [16th-century Persia](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-persia?hang=749&via=continue) (6 works)
- [Manuscripts, room 2](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/manuscript?hang=749&cursor=eyJvIjoxNiwiaCI6NzQ5LCJpIjpudWxsLCJnIjoib3pmLU9pM18ifQ)