<\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p>Check out these beautiful Persian manuscripts at the\u00a0<a style=\"text-align: left;\" href=\"http:\/\/britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk\/asian-and-african\/2014\/01\/15000-images-of-persian-manuscripts-online.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">The British Library<\/a>.\u00a0<span style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0Most are small paintings designed to go into books. \u00a0You can read posts about some of the manuscripts which explain them in great detail. For example, you can<a href=\"http:\/\/britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk\/asian-and-african\/2014\/01\/mantiq-al-tayr-the-speech-of-birds-part-3.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\"> read a famous poem by Man\u1e6diq al-\u1e6dayr<\/a>, and examine the image, which is a Sufi allegory of the quest for God. And you can zoom in on most of the images and see awesome detail.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-align: start;\">According to the Library, \u201cthe manuscripts were selected for their historical, literary and artistic importance and form part of a three year project to provide digital records of our Persian manuscript collection and images of 50 manuscripts.\u201d<\/span><br>\n<span style=\"text-align: start;\"><br>\n<\/span><a style=\"text-align: left;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2014\/02\/15000-colorful-images-of-persian-manuscripts-now-online.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Open Culture<\/a>,<span style=\"text-align: left;\"> whe<\/span><span style=\"text-align: left;\">re I first saw these, has a nice review of the manuscripts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"clear: left; display: inline !important; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/433\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-ACAHcX-26Zg\/UvgbCB_XRzI\/AAAAAAAAFMY\/l3NAbyLw6Yg\/s1600\/jackal.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/433\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-ACAHcX-26Zg\/UvgbCB_XRzI\/AAAAAAAAFMY\/l3NAbyLw6Yg\/s320\/jackal.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/433\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-pLenCEYO2mo\/UvgbE9bE7oI\/AAAAAAAAFMg\/vGQR44xYA7o\/s1600\/persian+man.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/433\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-pLenCEYO2mo\/UvgbE9bE7oI\/AAAAAAAAFMg\/vGQR44xYA7o\/s320\/persian+man.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out these beautiful Persian manuscripts at the\u00a0The British Library.\u00a0\u00a0Most are small paintings designed to go into books. \u00a0You can read posts about some of the manuscripts which explain them in great detail. 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