Title: "Laila and Majnun in School", Folio 129 from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja
Object type: Folio from an illustrated manuscript
Date: 931 AH/1524–25 CE
Artist:  Nizami 
Artist bio: present-day Azerbaijan, Ganja 1141–1209 Ganja
Artist role: Author
Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Dimensions: Painting: H. 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm)
                W. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)
Page: H. 12 5/8 in. (32.1 cm)
          W. 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm)
Mat: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm)
        W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)
Classification: Codices
Credit line: Gift of Alexander Smith Cochran, 1913
Geography: Made in Herat   present-day Afghanistan      
Department: Islamic Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Books, term: Schools, term: Children, term: Reading, term: Students, term: Teachers