Detail View: Rylands Collection: Yusuf enters Zulaykha's apartment

Image Number: 
JRL021558tr
Reference Number: 
Persian MS 20
Image Title: 
Yusuf enters Zulaykha's apartment
Parent Work Title: 
Yusuf u Zulaykha
Alternative Parent Work Title: 
Yusuf u Zulaikha
Translated Parent Work Title: 
Joseph and Zulaikha
Creator: 
Jami
Creator Role: 
Author
Date Created: 
1518 [924 AH]
Page/Sheet: 
118a
Image Sequence Number: 
118a
Description: 
Illustrated: miniature: Yusuf enters Zulaykha's apartment; her maids, overcome by his beauty, cut their fingers with fruit-knives; Zulaykha wears the golden aigrette, Yusuf a coloured turban. Miniature dimensions: 104 x 32 mm. The manuscript was created at the holy tomb of Hazrat Mawlana Husam al-Din Ibrahim in Shiraz.
Language Code: 
per
Language: 
Persian
Subject: 
Epic poetry
Subject: 
Persian literature
Category of Material: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Codex
Sub-Category: 
Miniatures (paintings)
Creation Site: 
Iran: Fārs: Shīrāz
Style Period: 
Safawid period
Style Period: 
Shiraz style
People Covered: 
Joseph (Son of Jacob)
Item Height: 
222 mm
Item Width: 
133 mm
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights: 
Creative Commons License
References: 
B.W. Robinson, 'Persian Paintings in the John Rylands Library' (1980)
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB
Collection Code: 
Rylands