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Language: Persian
Date: unknown
UK Special Collections Arabic Script Codex #10
Tutinama, or “Book of the Parrot,” is a Persian series of 52 moral tales dating from the 14th century. The original authorship is credited to Nakhshabi, a Persian physician and Sufi saint, who adapted his tales from ancient Sanskrit stories. The Tutinama tales are narrated by a parrot to distract his mistress from having an affair while her merchant husband is away from home on business.
This 30 cm manuscript is bound in brown leather with gilt embossed medallions and floral motifs.
The complete digitized Tutinama manuscript is available online at http://exploreuk.uky.edu/catalog/xt7r222r6t2q_1
An English translation of one of the exhibit’s highlighted tales, “The Frog, the Bee, and the Bird, Who Killed the Elephant,” is available at https://archive.org/stream/tutinamahtootina00lond#page/n295/mode/2up
An English translation of the entire Tutinama is available online at https://archive.org/details/tutinamahtootina00lond
Further Reading:
Accessed September 15, 2014: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tutinama
Accessed September 15, 2014: http://islamicartsmagazine.com/magazine/view/library_launches_appeal_to_purchase_rare_persian_manuscripts/
Curation Date
10-2014
Photo Source
Special Collections Research Center, University of Kentucky Libraries
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Keywords
Middle East, Calligraphic manuscripts, Tutinama
