Khamsa

Description:

Folio 221 recto: Iskandar Travels to the Cave of Kay Khusraw

Author:

Nizami Ganjavi (1141–1209)

Copyist:

Ghiyas al-Din Mahmud ibn Salim Lati

Language:

Persian

Medium:

Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Location:

Northern Iran

Dimensions:

Folio: H. 30.5 cm; W. 18.1 cm

Date:

May 7, 1675

Inventory Number:

MS. M.469

Lender:

Morgan Library & Museum, New York

Credit:

Morgan Library & Museum, New York, Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837–1913) in 1911