Keywords: Muhammad ibn 'Ali Katib al-Samarqandi - Confectioner Directing a Parrot to Watch his Unfaithful Wife - Walters W66233A - Full Page.jpg On this folio from Walters manuscript W 662 a confectioner is shown directing a parrot to keep watch over his unfaithful wife The inscription above the door reads al-sultan the ruler 10th century AH/AD 16th century Ottoman ink pigments laid paper cm 20 5 13 accession number W 662 33A 80977 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters place of origin Turkey Walters Art Museum license 2D Sindbad-Nameh by 'Abdülkerim bin Muhammed Walters MS 662 Birds in art |