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| Keywords: Layla and Majnun.jpg en The fainting of Laylah and Majnun This folio depicts a well-known passage from the tragic story of Laylah and Majnun described in the third book of Nizami's Khamsah Quintet Forcibly separated by their respective tribes' animosity forced marriage and years of exile into the wilderness these two ill-fated lovers meet again for the last time before their deaths thanks to the intervention of Majnun's elderly messenger Upon seeing each other in a palm-grove immediately outside of Laylah's camp they faint of extreme passion and pain The old man attempts to revive the lovers while the wild animals protective of Majnun The King of Wilderness attack unwanted intruders The location and time of the narrative is hinted at by the two tents dressed in the middleground and the dark nighttime sky in the background The composition's style and hues are typical of paintings made in the city of Shiraz during the second half of the 16th century Many manuscripts at this time were produced for the domestic market and international export rather than by royal commission This particular painting appears to have been executed at the same time as the text of the Khamsah proper which survives on the painting's verso Script nasta'liq Dimensions of Painting Recto 12 2 w x 16 7 h cm Dimensions of Written Surface 12 2 w x 20 9 h cm Library of Congresshttp //hdl loc gov/loc amed/ascs 146 - 1550 1600 Author Unrestored version of File Layla and Majnun2 jpg PD-art Library of Congress Arabic Persian and Ottoman calligraphy collection Persian miniatures Poems in Persian Leyli and Majnun Nizami Ganjavi | ||||
