Art, Symbol & Imagination
Layla and the Bird That Says Majnun
A richly dressed woman sits beneath a great pale canopy while a small bird perches on her raised hand. Deep red textiles, dark greenery and a patterned animal fill the lower setting. The story describes Layla teaching the bird the single beloved name Majnun.
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Edmund Dulac. "Layla and the Bird That Says Majnun" [editorial title]. In Edmund Dulac's Picture-Book for the French Red Cross, Illustrated by Edmund Dulac. Undated wartime Hodder & Stoughton edition published for The Daily Telegraph; London, New York and Toronto., undated edition, Hodder and Stoughton; published for The Daily Telegraph. Source scan leaf 47. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0382-0038
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- Edmund Dulac's Picture-Book for the French Red Cross
- The enthroned figure beneath the patterned canopy
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Edmund Dulac. Layla and the Bird That Says Majnun. Edmund Dulac's Picture-Book for the French Red Cross. Scan leaf 47. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0382-0038