An episode from the story of Layla va Majnun

Object Details

• Description

  Folio from a dispersed copy of Layla va Majnun; text: Persian in black nasta'liq script; recto: illustration: An episode of the story of Layla va Majnun; verso: text, 2 columns, 12 lines.

  Border: The text is set in multicolor rulings on a gold-sprinkled deep-blue ground. The painting is set in multicolor rulings on a gold-sprinkled yellow ground.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Near Eastern Pottery and Persian Painting (May 2, 1923 to March 14, 1931)

• Origin

  Iran

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Manuscript

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1500s, 1600s

• Place

  India

• Topic

  Art, Layla, Arts of the Islamic World, Majnun

• Culture

  Muslims

• Language

  Nasta?li-q script

• Object Type

  Manuscripts