Morgan Library, MS M.500 is a 13th-century illuminated manuscript of the Manafi' al-hayawan of Ibn Bukhtishu (980–1058). It was commissionned 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]
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- ^ Bloom, Jonathan; Blair, Sheila (14 May 2009). Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art & Architecture: Three-Volume Set. OUP USA. ISBN 978-0-19-530991-1.
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