3615931 "The Concourse of the Birds", c.1600 (ink, opaque w/c, gold, and silver on paper) by Persian School, (17th century); 33 high (page) cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; (add.info.: Painting by Habiballah of Sava (active c.1590??610), folio 11r from a Mantiq al-tair (Language of the Birds) by Farid al-Din \'Attar (c.1142??220) The birds, which symbolize individual souls in search of the simurgh (a mystical bird representing ultimate spiritual unity), are assembled in an idyllic landscape to begin their pilgrimage under the leadership of a hoopoe (perched on a rock centre right) ); Persian, out of copyright.