Divan Majnun Leila.

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Single volume, illuminated manuscript on paper, in Arabic, complete, 126 leaves, plus additional fly-leaves at front and back, 200 x 130 mm; single column, 13 lines fluid naskh script in red and black, roundels marking sections in the text in gilt, illuminated polychrome head-piece opening the text, contemporary Ottoman marbled endpapers, clean and crisp internal condition; housed in fine full morocco, covers double-ruled in elaborate arabesque borders with central gilt motifs, spine finely decorated in gilt star motif, housed in fine contemporary custom box of black morocco, gilt and spine lettered "Diwan 'Amer Mednoun Leila", a very handsome volume. A beautiful manuscript work corresponding to Majnoun and Leïla, a popular medieval love story of Arabic origin telling the adventures concerning the Bedouin poet Qays ibn al-Moullawwah and Layla al-Amiriyya; present here in Arabic verse and housed in a magnificent contemporary fine Ottoman binding. This story, plausible but whose veracity remains disputed, is one of the best known in the wide basin of influence of Islamic civilization (Maghreb, Mashreq, Persian Gulf, Persia, Central Asia, India) and has inspired over the centuries many Muslim writers and artists such as Nizami, Djami, Fuzûlî, Navoï and Ahmed Chawqi. The Persian adaptation of Nizami, dating from the 12th century, has greatly contributed to its wide diffusion in the Muslim East. The story of Majnoun and Leïla is very old. In the Middle East, Central Asia, among Arabs, Iranians, Turks, Afghans, Tajiks, Kurds, Indians, Pakistanis and Azeris, it is the most popular love story. It has its roots among the Arab Bedouins of Iraq in the 7th century. The Arabs propagated it during their travels and conquests. The present work written in black and red naskhh of 13 lines, is framed by athick golden ribbon. The header is illuminated with a beautiful polychrome sarlowhs. Beautiful handwritten work in its beautiful red morocco binding and its richly decorated case.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 61953

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Titel

Divan Majnun Leila.

Verlag

Ottoman Turkey N.D. Mid-Nineteenth Century.

Bindung

Hardcover

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