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The great beauty of Yûsuf, Zulaykhâ's servant, causes several women of Memphis to faint or to cut their hands rather than their pomegranates, fol. 48v

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The great beauty of Yûsuf, Zulaykhâ's servant, causes several women of Memphis to faint or to cut their hands rather than their pomegranates, fol. 48v
Collection

Qisas al-Anbiyâ

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1580 (Approximate)
Place: Qazvin?
Library locations
Spencer Collection
Shelf locator: Spencer Coll. Persian MS. 46
Topics
Manuscripts, Persian
Joseph (Son of Jacob) -- In the Qurʼan
Pomegranate in art
Loss of consciousness
Musical instruments in art
Stringed instruments
Wounds and injuries
Genres
Manuscripts
Physical Description
Extent: 17.2 x 14.3 cm
Type of Resource
Still image
Languages
Persian
Identifiers
Photo Order: 51609
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 704f4e80-c6cc-012f-ffc8-3c075448cc4b
Rights Statement
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  • 1580: Created
  • 2018: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Spencer Collection, The New York Public Library. "The great beauty of Yûsuf, Zulaykhâ's servant, causes several women of Memphis to faint or to cut their hands rather than their pomegranates" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1580. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/34bc5530-2867-0131-fbee-58d385a7bbd0

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Spencer Collection, The New York Public Library. "The great beauty of Yûsuf, Zulaykhâ's servant, causes several women of Memphis to faint or to cut their hands rather than their pomegranates" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/34bc5530-2867-0131-fbee-58d385a7bbd0

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Spencer Collection, The New York Public Library. (1580). The great beauty of Yûsuf, Zulaykhâ's servant, causes several women of Memphis to faint or to cut their hands rather than their pomegranates Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/34bc5530-2867-0131-fbee-58d385a7bbd0

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The great beauty of Yûsuf, Zulaykhâ's servant, causes several women of Memphis to faint or to cut their hands rather than their pomegranates