Islamic Miniature from the Pierpont Morgan Library

Mystical Scene with Shams Al-Dīn Tabrīzī and the Reflection of Sun in a Pool
Tarjuma-i Thawāqib-i manāqib (A Translation of Stars of the Legend), in Turkish. The translation was ordered in 1590 by Sultan Murād III (r. 1574–95) from the Persian abridgement of Aflākī. Baghdad, 1590s.
145 x 135 mm.
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1911.; MS M.466, fol. 89v. […]

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