Nushirwan Listens to the Owls (recto)…, 1555-65. Creator: Unknown.

Nushirwan Listens to the Owls (recto)…, 1555-65. Creator: Unknown.

2-736-090 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Nushirwan Listens to the Owls (recto): Illustration and Text, Persian Verses, from a Manuscript of the Khamsa of Nizami, Makhzan al-Asrar [Treasure of Secrets], 1555-65. This scene is from the Makhzan al-Ashrar, the first of the Quintet. Although more historically oriented than the following poems, it served more as a vehicle for moralizing tales than for historical events. In this scene Nushirwan asks the sage Buzurgmihr to explain what the owls perched on a ruined building are saying. He explains that one owl is offering the other as many ruined cities as he likes in exchange for his daughter's hand. He thus reproves Nushirwan for his love of conquest and war and the consequent destruction of many cities.


Image Details


Medium
  1. Opaque watercolour, ink and gold on paper

Picture Type
  1. Manuscript

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4294x6443
File Size : 81,054kb


Aliases

  1. 1944.487.a
  1. 123990
  1. 0940010835
  1. 1944.487.a
  1. 2-736-090
  1. 2736090

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