Abstract
The founder of the Manichaean religion, Mani (active 240-274/77 CE), is the earliest Iranian historical figure noted in Iranian sources as a painter. Based on his Book of Pictures (the “Ardang” as it became know after its Parthian name), “Mani, the painter” became a standard reference in the artistic world of Central and West Asia by the 15th centurya fascination that coincided with a growing admiration of artists as individuals across Iran at that time. Mani, however, was also known across t...
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