eastiseverywhere: centuriespast: Nan va Halva (Breads and Sweets)Author: Muhammad Baha’ al-Din
eastiseverywhere: centuriespast: Nan va Halva (Breads and Sweets)Author: Muhammad Baha’ al-Din al-‘Amili (1547–1620)Object Name: Illustrated manuscriptDate: ca. 1690Geography: India, Deccan, AurangabadCulture: IslamicMedium: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper Binding: leatherThe Metropolitan Museum The Met says:The text of this book is a series of moralizing poems on the merits of the ascetic life, three of which are illustrated. The painting illustrates the parable of a recluse who accepts bread from an infidel (depicted here as the English monarch Charles II) and is chided by a dog. The beautiful birds in the margin of the page compete for attention with the witty illustration. -- source link
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