Lewis O 83 Laylī va Majnūn. / [ليلى و مجنون]
Title
Laylī va Majnūn.[ليلى و مجنون]
Authors
- Maktabī Shīrāzī, -1510 or 1511
مکتبى شيرازى، - Free Library of Philadelphia. Rare Book Department. John Frederick Lewis Collection of Oriental Manuscripts
Other related names
- Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932, former owner
- Lewis, Anne Baker, 1868-1937, donor
Call number
Lewis O 83(Philadelphia, Free Library of Philadelphia, Rare Book Department)
Alternate identifiers
Publisher
Free Library of PhiladelphiaLanguage
PersianOrigin
Item is undated, but likely produced in the first half of the 19th century.
- Date
- between 1800 and 1850?
- Place
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India?
Summary
Illustrated copy of the story of Laylī and Majnūn in illustrated lacquered boards.
Notes
- Manuscript codex.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
Extent
I, 77, i leaves : 157 x 100 (125 x 80) mm, bound to 162 x 112 mmSupport
PaperBinding
Rebound in illustrated lacquered boards. The outside covers are the same and depict flowers and birds in reds and oranges framed in three frames, from inside to outside, a black with gold flowers followed by a red with green and gold flowers and another black with gold flowers. Front inside cover depicts a scene of five people eating and being served. Back inside cover also depicts five people drinking or serving; visible outside the window, four men and four boars.Layout
Decoration
Illuminated first page-opening with illuminated headpiece in blue, red, and gold with intricate gold floral marginal fill and gold between the rows and columns of text (f. 1v-2r). 13 polychrome and gold illustrations (f. 12v, 15r, 17r, 20v, 22v, 26r, 28r, 33v, 39v, 42r, 47r, 49v, 74v)
Script
Provenance
- Formerly owned by John Frederick Lewis.
Subjects topical
- Persian poetry--747-1500
- Persian poetry
Genres
- Manuscripts, Persian
- Manuscripts, Oriental
- Manuscripts, 19th century
- Codices (bound manuscripts)
- Manuscripts (documents)
- Lacquered bindings (Binding)
Licenses
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- Text
- These images and the content of Rare Book Department Lewis O 83: Laylī va Majnūn. are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/.
- URL
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
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- Text
- To the extent possible under law, Free Library of Philadelphia, Special Collections has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this metadata about Rare Book Department Lewis O 83: Laylī va Majnūn.. This work is published from: United States. For a summary of CC0, see https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/. Legal code: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode.
- URL
- https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Decorations
- fol. 1v — Illuminated headpiece
- fol. 1v — Illuminated marginal fill
- fol. 2r — Illuminated marginal fill
- fol. 12v — Illustration
- fol. 15r — Illustration
- fol. 17r — Illustration
- fol. 20v — Illustration
- fol. 22v — Illustration
- fol. 26r — Illustration
- fol. 28r — Illustration
- fol. 33v — Illustration
- fol. 39v — Illustration
- fol. 42r — Illustration
- fol. 47r — Illustration
- fol. 49v — Illustration
- fol. 74v — Illustration
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Section: [Laylī va Majnūn].
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