An illustration from a series on divination and omens (falnamah): Majnun spying Layla, India, Mughal, circa 1580
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March 30, 12:47 PM GMT
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Description
gouache on cloth, nasta'liq text above and below in two columns, marginal rulings in red
painting: 26.3 by 18.7cm.
leaf: 34.1 by 21.7cm.
Various episodes from the story of Layla and Majnun often feature in Falnamahs, where they are accompanied by warnings, auguries and symbolic references (see M. Farhad with S. Bagci, Falnama, The Book of Omens, Washington D.C., 2009, pp.29, 37, 52, 144).
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