Selected examples from the book arts through a unique manuscript of Laila and Al Majnoun (the madman) preserved at the Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo "Study and publication for the first time"

The Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo preserve a unique copy of Laila and Al Majnoun manuscript, with registration number 14895, which has not been published before, and What takes attention about this copy, however it is small, that it contains the traditional book arts of binding, inscriptions, gilding, paintings, and there are many reasons for studying this manuscript and its arts, the most important are the following: - Study and publication of selected examples of the book arts for this manuscript for the first time. - The date of the manuscript, as this one is undated, and this is through the industrial and decorative method of the two bindings of this manuscript, as well as based on comparative studies between the miniatures, two bindings, and the inscriptions of this manuscript and others that have the same decorative features, and then the researcher through those studies can extrapolate the history of the manuscript. - The study of the two bindings of manuscript and examples from its miniatures will undoubtedly give a model for the binding and paintings technicians and their industrial and decorative features for the period in which the manuscript was copied. - Studying some patterns from the attached inscriptions of the manuscript miniatures, the main study and translating some of them as to know how the core of the inscriptions is connected to the miniatures as well as knowing the art of calligraphy. The researcher will address this study through an introduction, three sections, and a conclusion as follows: Introduction: It addresses the importance of the topic, the reasons for selection, and the research methodology. -The First section: an archaeological artistic study of the two bindings of Laila and Al Majnoun manuscript as a pattern for the art of binding. -The Second section: an archaeological artistic study of selected patterns for the writing and gilding arts of Laila and Al Majnoun manuscript. -The Third section: an archaeological artistic study of selected patterns from Laila and Al Majnoun manuscripts as a sample of the photography art. The study ends with the conclusion that includes the results of the study, and the appendix of the forms and paintings, which the most of it are published for the first time in this study