Art historian Moya Carey introduces a series of illustrations from a Timurid-era manuscript of Saʿdi’s Gulestan or “Flower Garden.”
Prince Baysunghur’s Rose Garden (Gulistan) by Saʿdi, 1427 (Timurid; Herat, Afghanistan), ink, gold, and pigment on paper, 25.2 x 15.9 x 1.7 cm (Chester Beatty, Dublin, Per 119)
