Majnun among the wild animals
Manuscript
Persian Miniature
1420
Late Medieval
20.0 x 29.0 cm
Пергамский Музей
Abū Al-Thanā’ Shihāb Ad-Dīn Sayyid Maḥmūd Ibn ‘Abd Allāh Al-Ḥusaynī Al-Ālūsī Al-Baghdādī (? – ?)
Abū al-Thanā’ Shihāb ad-Dīn Sayyid Maḥmūd al-Ḥusaynī al-Ālūsī (1802-1854) was a prominent Iraqi Islamic scholar renowned for his comprehensive Qur'anic exegesis, *Ruh al-Ma'ani*. A significant figure in 19th-century scholarship, he blended Sunni and Sufi traditions.
Пергамский Музей (Берлин, Германия)
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The image illustrates a scene from the famous love story of “Layla and Majnun”, one of the most prominent works of Arab literature that became particularly popular in the later version by the Persian poet Nizami. The story is about the Arab Bedouin Majnun and his love for his childhood friend Layla that cannot be fulfilled. Majnun goes mad (Arab “majnun” means “madman”) and withdraws into the solitude of the desert where he lives among the wild animals. The illustration shows Majnun on a hill in the desert, kneeling down with a deer that eats from his hand. The folio comes from an anthology of poetical texts which was probably commissioned by the Timurid prince Ibrahim-Sultan as a gift for his brother Baysunqur. The colophon in the manuscript documents its origin in a Shiraz workshop. The scribe Mahmud al-Husayni completed it in the month Rabi
Об этом произведении
- Название: Majnun among the wild animals
- Художник: Abū Al-Thanā’ Shihāb Ad-Dīn Sayyid Maḥmūd Ibn ‘Abd Allāh Al-Ḥusaynī Al-Ālūsī Al-Baghdādī
- Год: 1420
- Размер оригинала: 20.0 x 29.0 cm
- Формат: Portrait
- Правовой статус: Объект авторского права
- Местонахождение: Пергамский Музей
- Динамика: Persian Miniature
- Контекст корпуса: timurid manuscript illumination , nature and solitude
- Предназначение: Cultural
Основные сведения
- Artist: Abū Al-Thanā’ Shihāb Ad-Dīn Sayyid Maḥmūd
- Dimensions: 20 x 29 cm
- Subject or theme: Majnun's solitude and connection to nature
- Title: Majnun among the wild animals
- Year: 1420