| Manafi'-i hayavan | |
|---|---|
| Pierpont Morgan Library, New York | |
| Date | 1297–1299 |
| Place of origin | Maragheh, Iran |
| Language(s) | Persian |
| Scribe(s) | Ibn Bukhtishu |
| Patron | Ghazan |
| Size | 355 mm × 280 mm (14.0 in × 11.0 in); 86 leaves |
| Script | |
Morgan Library, MS M.500 is a 13th-century illuminated manuscript of the Manafi'-i hayavan ("The Benefits of Animals") of Ibn Bukhtishu (980–1058). It was commissioned in 1297–1299 by the Mongol ruler Ghazan. It is written in Persian, and is one of the earliest known examples of the "metropolitan style" of the Mongol Ilkhanid court, together with the 1290 Tarikh-i Jahangushay. It is now in the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York.[1][2]
- ^ "Manāfiʻ-i ḥayavān [Benefits of animals]". CORSAIR Online Collection Catalog. The Morgan Library & Museum.
Description: 86 leaves (15 lines), bound : paper, ill. ; 355 x 280 mm
- ^ Bloom, Jonathan; Blair, Sheila (14 May 2009). Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art & Architecture: Three-Volume Set. OUP USA. ISBN 978-0-19-530991-1.