Morgan Library, MS M.500

Manafi'-i hayavan
Pierpont Morgan Library, New York
Date1297–1299
Place of originMaragheh, Iran
Language(s)Persian
Scribe(s)Ibn Bukhtishu
PatronGhazan
Size355 mm × 280 mm (14.0 in × 11.0 in); 86 leaves
Script
Two Gazelles and Two Mountain Rams

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]

  1. ^ "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
  2. ^ Bloom, Jonathan; Blair, Sheila (14 May 2009). Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art & Architecture: Three-Volume Set. OUP USA. ISBN 978-0-19-530991-1.