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Laylá va Majnūn

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Title
Laylá va Majnūn
Additional title: Laylī va Majnūn
Additional title: Laylá va Majnūn
Additional title: لىلى و مجنون
Additional title: لىلى و مجنون
Names
New York Public Library, Spencer Coll. Indo-Pers. ms. 7.
New York Public Library. Spencer Collection
Hātifī, -1520 or 1521 (Author)
هاتفى،, -1520 or 1521 (Author)
Dates / Origin
Other Date: 21 Rabīʻ al-Thānī 1186 [23 July 1772]
Place: [Northern India ?],
Library locations
Spencer Collection
Shelf locator: Spencer Coll. MS Indo-Pers. 7
Topics
1700-1799
Persian poetry
Persian poetry -- India -- 18th century
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian -- India -- 18th century
Manuscripts, Persian -- New York (State) -- New York
Sufi poetry, Persian
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian
Manuscripts, Persian
Genres
headpieces (layout features)
Miniatures (Paintings)
nastaʻliq
illuminated manuscripts
Ghazals (Poetry)
Poetry
Leather bindings (Bookbinding)
Notes
Citation/reference: Islamic Manuscripts in the New York Public Library, (ed.) Barbara Schmitz (NYPL / Oxford University Press, 1992), pages 210-211.
Content: Ms. codex
Content: Probably copied in Northwestern India.
Content: The copying of the text completed on 21 Rabīʻ al-Thānī 1186/23 July 1772 -- colophon 117b.
Content: Physical description : Thin polished paper, 13 lines, 2 columns. Nastaʻlīq in black ink with headings in read. Red, black, green, gold and blue rulings with a narrow border of gold. Pointed-arched headpiece flanked by half arches (1b), all filled with red, blue and mauve flowers and curling vines on a gold background. A panel below the headpiece contains the basmallah in black and an invocation in red. 38 miniatures, 12 additional blank spaces for miniatures.
Preferred citation: NYPL. Spencer Collection Indo-Pers. ms. 7
Funding: Preservation and access were made possible by the generous support of Mahnaz Ispahani Bartos and Adam Bartos.
Language: Persian; Nastaʻlīq script.
Physical Description
Extent: 117 leaves :paper, ink , miniatures ;198 x 121 mm (148 x 72 mm)
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
Persian
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 1553635082
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b23788795
Barcode: 33433135791154
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): d721e660-7180-013f-b46a-0242ac110002
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

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Spencer Collection, The New York Public Library. "Laylá va Majnūn" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/fdf35190-6f05-013f-fe8d-0242ac110002

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