Description
Kalila and Dimna or ‘The Fables of Bidpai’ is one of the treasures of world culture, and has been translated through the centuries from China to Spain. This text of moral tales was the most commonly illustrated medieval Islamic text. This book traces the history of the text thorough its many translations unveiling the exquisite paintings that accompanied them and was supported by Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah.
