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| Keywords: Layla and Majnun2 without color profile.jpg Layla 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 <br> 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 <br> 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 <br> Script nasta'liq<br> Dimensions of Painting Recto 12 2 w x 16 7 h cm<br> Dimensions of Written Surface 12 2 w x 20 9 h cm<br> Majnoun et Leila issue du troisième livre de Khamsah « Quintette » du poète persan Nizami Séparés par la rivalité entre leurs deux familles un mariage forcé et des années d'exil dans la nature se rencontrent une derniere fois avant leur mort grâce à l'action du vieux messager de Majnoun à la vue l'un de l'autre dans la palmeraie la nuit ils s'evanouissent de passion et de tristesse Le vieil homme tente de les réveiller tandis que vles animaux sauvages protègent Mahjoun « Roi de la nature » contre les intrus <br> Le temps et le lieu sont indiqués par les deux tentes au second plan et le ciel étoilé en arrière plan Le style et les couleurs utilisées sont typiques du style développé à Chiraz durant la seconde moitié du XVI<sup>e</sup> siècle Beaucoup de manuscrits on été crées a l'époque pour le marché local et l'export <br> Dimensions de l'enluminure 12 2 x 16 7 cm<br> Dimensions de la page hors marges 12 2 x 20 9 cm<br> Layla_and_Majnun2 jpg 2010-03-29 10 26 UTC Layla_and_Majnun2 jpg author Removed embedded color profile that is not supported by firefox Layla_and_Majnun2 jpg PD-art original upload log This image is a derivative work of the following images File Layla_and_Majnun2 jpg licensed with PD-Art PD-old 2009-01-20T05 57 47Z Durova 1617x2616 3821631 Bytes <nowiki> 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 separate</nowiki> Uploaded with derivativeFX Library of Congress Arabic Persian and Ottoman calligraphy collection Persian miniatures Leyli and Majnun Nizami Ganjavi | ||||
