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Image Number: 
Bookreader Turkish MS 3
Reference Number: 
Turkish MS 3
Parent Work Title: 
Layla wa Majnun
Translated Parent Work Title: 
Layla and Majnun
Creator: 
Alī Şīr Nevā'ī of Herat, -1501 [906]
Creator Role: 
Author
Display Creator: 
Alī Şīr Nevā'ī of Herat, -1501 [906]
Date Created: 
1485 [890 AH]
Description: 
Copy of poem on the love story of Layla and Majnun by Alī Şīr Nevā'ī of Herat, d. 1501 [906]. Rebound in marbled boards with green leather backing. 21 lines in four columns. Miniatures on ff. 16b and 34a.
Language Code: 
tur (Chaghatay)
Subject: 
Epic poetry
Category of Material: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Miniatures (paintings)
Technique Used: 
Handwriting
Creation Site: 
Afghanistan
Style Period: 
Timurid period
Style Period: 
Herat style
Item Height: 
279 mm
Item Width: 
197 mm
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance: 
Bland, Nathaniel, former owner
Provenance: 
Ouseley, Sir Gore, first baronet, 1770–1844
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work: 
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights: 
Creative Commons License
References: 
'Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester', Vol. 82, Nos. 2 and 3, 2000.
References: 
B.W. Robinson, 'Persian Paintings in the John Rylands Library' (1980)
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 
2014-04-30
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2014-05
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB
Collection Code: 
Medieval