Title: Illuminated Opening Page Titled Laila and Majnun from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja
Object type: Folio from an illustrated manuscript
Date: 835 AH/1431–32 CE
Artist:  Ja'far Baisunghuri 
Artist bio: Iranian, active Herat, first half 15th century
Artist nationality: Iranian
Artist role: Calligrapher
Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Dimensions: Page: H. 12 5/16 in. (31.3 cm)
           W. 9 in. (22.9cm)
Mat: H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm)
        W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)
Classification: Codices
Credit line: Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1994
Geography: Made in Herat   present-day Afghanistan      
Department: Islamic Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY