Following up on my previous post announcing the exhibit at the Morgan Library, Treasures of Islamic Manuscript Painting from the Morgan. It is on view until January 29th, 2012.

I visited this exhibit a couple of weeks ago and it is superb.
There are a variety of styles of painting and of calligraphy, beautifully exhibited and well explained. The artwork is breathtaking.

Some of the highlights are:

• A series illustrating the story of Lailā va Majnūn, a story of a star-crossed historical couple of the seventh century C.E.

• the Read and Mughal albums, acquired by the Morgan in 1911.

• as mentioned in my previous post on this, an album depicting the life of Rumi, never before exhibited.

• several pieces depicting composite animals, including Peri Riding a composite Lion. A detail from this:

I enthusiastically recommend seeing this.

If you cannot make it to the Morgan to see it up-close and personal while the exhibit is up, you can see it online by clicking here.