COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
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
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
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
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
References:
B.W. Robinson, 'Persian Paintings in the John Rylands Library' (1980)
Image Creation Technique:
Scanned from colour transparency by Gten, May 2005
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Yusuf enters Zulaykha's apartment
