The Wordsmith / ILLUMINATED STORY
Laila Crosses the Desert
Persianate poetry reappears on a manuscript page, and the encounter remains unresolved.
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1001 / ONE OF THE SEVEN WORLDS
The Wordsmith
Poetry, literature, manuscript culture and the architecture of language.
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The Wordsmith · Herat / present-day Afghanistan
Khusrau Arriving at Shirin’s Palace
Ala al-Din Muhammad · 1520–25
The Wordsmith · Herat / present-day Afghanistan
Laila Visiting Majnun in the Desert
Ala al-Din Muhammad · 1520–25