Hadith Bayad wa Riyad explained
Hadīth Bayāḍ wa Riyāḍ (Arabic: حديث بياض ورياض, "The Story of Bayad and Riyad") is a 13th-century Arabic love story. The main characters of the tale are Bayad, a merchant's son and a foreigner from Damascus; Riyad, a well-educated slave girl in the court of an unnamed Hajib (vizier or minister) of 'Iraq (Mesopotamia); and a "Lady" (al-sayyida).[1]
Manuscript
The Hadīth Bayāḍ wa Riyāḍ manuscript, Vatican City, Vatican Library, Codex Vat. Arabo 368, is one of three surviving illustrated manuscripts from medieval al-Andalus (in modern Spain and Portugal).[2] Many non-illustrated Andalusi books do survive, so illustrated manuscripts may have been rare.
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Further reading
- Alois R. Nykl. Historia de los amores de Bayad wa Riyad: Una chantefable oriental en estilo persa (Vat. Ar. 368). New York: Hispanic Society of America, 1941.
- Arianna D'Ottone, Il manoscritto Vaticano arabo 368: Hadith Bayad wa Riyad. Il codice, il testo, le immagini: alcune note, «Rivista di Storia della Miniatura» 14 (2010): 55-70
- La storia di Bayad e Riyad (Vat.ar. 368). Una nuova edizione e traduzione, ed. and trans. Arianna D'Ottone. Città del Vaticano, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, 2013 (Studi e Testi 479). .
- The Story of Bayad and Riyad - Qissat Bayad wa Riyad .
- Cynthia Robinson, Medieval Andalusian Courtly Culture in the Mediterranean: Hadith Bayad Wa Riyad. New York: Routledge, 2007. .
External links
- Al-Andalus: the art of Islamic Spain, an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on Hadith Bayad wa Riyad (see index)
Notes and References
- Book: D'Ottone . Arianna . La storia di Bayad e Riyad (Vat.ar. 368). Una nuova edizione e traduzione . 2013 . Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana . Città del Vaticano . 978-88-210-0908-2.
- Book: Sabiha Khemir . The Arts of the Book . Dodds . Jerrilynn D. . Al-Andalus: The Art of Islamic Spain . 1992 . The Metropolitan Museum of Art . New York . 0870996371 . 122.
