Laylī va Majnūn. and ليلى و مجنون

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Title: Laylī va Majnūn.
ليلى و مجنون
Alternative Title: Laylī va Majnūn.
Creator: Maktabī Shīrāzī, -1510 or 1511
مكتبي شيرازي
Published / Created: 1500-1799.
Publication Place: Iran?
Abstract: Illuminated manuscript, on paper, of Maktabī Shīrāzī's Laylī va Majnūn, a poem in mathnawi style tells the romantic love story of Layla and Majnun
Description: In Persian.
Title assigned by cataloger.
Romanization supplied by cataloger.
Layout: Double columns of 10 lines. Catchword on each verso.
Script: Nasta'līq.
Binding: Dark brown leather over paper pasteboards; gold-tooled inlaid central mandorla with pendants, cornerpieces and frames; light brown leather doublures.
Decoration: Volume is paginated, so Illuminated miniatures with scenes from the story are on "pp. 9, 47, 158, 174, 194, 212. Illuminated headpiece, cloudbands, floral page decorations; text frames in blue and gold.
Contemporary pagination.
Provenance: Source unknown.
Extent: 1 item (iv + 245 pages + ii) : 205 mm x 135 mm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.
Language: Persian

Genre: Early works to 1800
Illuminated manuscripts
Manuscripts, Persian 16th century
Manuscripts, Persian 17th century
Manuscripts, Persian 18th century
Persian manuscripts
Material: paper ;
Resource Type: text
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Topic): Illumination of books and manuscripts, Turkish
Manuscripts, Persian
Persian poetry
Subjects: Illumination of books and manuscripts, Turkish
Manuscripts, Persian > Connecticut > New Haven
Persian poetry > Early works to 1800
16th century
17th century
18th century
Persian manuscripts

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Citation: Maktabī Shīrāzī, Laylī va Majnūn. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.