"Laila and Majnun at School", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja

Creator Name

Ja'far Baisunghuri;
Nizami

Cultural Context

Date

835 AH/1431–32 CE

Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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Metropolitan Museum of Art Object Description

Folio from an illustrated manuscript

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Title

"Laila and Majnun at School", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja

Creator

Ja'far Baisunghuri, Iranian, active Herat, first half 15th century, Calligrapher;
Nizami, Author

Worktype

Codices

Cultural Context

Material

Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Dimensions

Page: H. 12 5/16 in. (31.3 cm) W. 9 in. (22.9cm)f Mat: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm)f W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm);
height: 31.3centimetre;
width: 22.9centimetre;
height: 48.8951centimetre;
width: 36.1951centimetre

Technique

Language

Date

835 AH/1431–32 CE

Provenance

Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1994

Style Period

Rights

Public Domain

Inscription

Location

Herat, present-day Afghanistan

Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Subjects

Girls; Reading; Boys; Schools; Men; Students; Teachers

Topic

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Ja'far Baisunghuri, "Laila and Majnun at School", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, 835 AH/1431–32 CE, Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public Domain.

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