Room 31 | Islamic Middle East gallery
Explore artefacts made over a period of more than 1000 years in the heart of the Islamic world.
Galleries : 258 objects
Layla and Majnun
- loan
-
Description
These two manuscripts [LI1487.1, LI1487.3] are vibrant examples of Islamic illumination. In both cases, a sumptuous double-page illuminated frame, known as sarlawh, highlights the beginning of the text. Similar ornamental devices indicating the transition from one section to another can be found elsewhere in the codex. A veritable tour de force for the artists involved in their design and realization, these fine and intricate decorations made use of the most precious pigments such as lapis lazuli, silver, and gold.
-
Details
- Associated place
-
Asia › Afghanistan › Herat (place of creation)
- Date
- 16th century (1501 - 1600)
- Artist/maker
-
Nizami Ganjavi (1141 - 1209) (author)
- Material and technique
- ink, colour, and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- album 27 x 17.4 x 5 cm (height x width x depth)
- Material index
- Technique index
- Object type index
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Lent by the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford.
- Accession no.
- LI1487.3
Location
-
- returned to owner
Objects are sometimes moved to a different location. Our object location data is usually updated on a monthly basis. Contact the Jameel Study Centre if you are planning to visit the museum to see a particular object on display, or would like to arrange an appointment to see an object in our reserve collections.
Notice
Objects may have since been removed or replaced from a gallery. Click into an individual object record to confirm whether or not an object is currently on display. Our object location data is usually updated on a monthly basis, so contact the Jameel Study Centre if you are planning to visit the museum to see a particular Eastern Art object.
© 2013 University of Oxford - Ashmolean Museum