ManuscriptsOttoman16th century

Frontispiece (verso), Text (recto), illuminated folio from a Manuscript of Layla and Majnun by Hamdi

c. 1579

Classification

Manuscripts

Medium

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Culture

Ottoman

Period

Ottoman period

Century

16th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art

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