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Source Description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.609 depicts Laylá and Majnun meeting in the palm grove.
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Document identity
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81274
label
Laylá and Majnun Meeting in the Palm Grove
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object
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1
Source metadata
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81274
contentType
object
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normalized
title
Laylá and Majnun Meeting in the Palm Grove
description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.609 depicts Laylá and Majnun meeting in the palm grove.
provenance
Muhammad Asharf ibn Muhammad Khatam al-Husayni, 1173 AH/AD 1759-1760 [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [seal impression on fols. 1a and 401a]; Husayn …[?], 1308 AH/AD 1890-1891 [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [ownership statement on fol. 1b]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
Composition: 922 AH/AD 1516; Miniature repainted: 12th century AH/AD 18th (Safavid)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
29
height
17.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 11 7/16 x W: 6 7/8 in. (29 x 17.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Islamic
dynasty
Safavid Dynasty
med
ink and pigments on buff-colored laid paper
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18134
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18135
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none
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1
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0
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photo
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