''Hadith Bayāḍ wa Riyāḍ'' ( ar, حديث بياض ورياض, "The Story of Bayad and Riyad") is a 13th-century
Arabic love story. The main characters of the tale: Bayad, a merchant's son and a foreigner from
Damascus
)), is an adjective which means "spacious".
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, Riyad, a well-educated slave girl in the court of an unnamed
Hajib
A ''hajib'' or ''hadjib'' ( ar, الحاجب, al-ḥājib, to block, the prevent someone from entering somewhere; It is a word "hajb" meaning to cover, to hide. It means "the person who prevents a person from entering a place, the doorman". The ...
(
vizier
A vizier (; ar, وزير, wazīr; fa, وزیر, vazīr), or wazir, is a high-ranking political advisor or minister in the near east. The Abbasid caliphs gave the title ''wazir'' to a minister formerly called ''katib'' (secretary), who was a ...
or minister) of 'Iraq (
Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia ''Mesopotamíā''; ar, بِلَاد ٱلرَّافِدَيْن or ; syc, ܐܪܡ ܢܗܪ̈ܝܢ, or , ) is a historical region of Western Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the F ...
), and a "Lady" (al-sayyida).
The ''Hadith Bayad wa Riyad'' manuscript is one of three surviving illustrated manuscripts from
medieval al-Andalus (in modern
Spain
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and
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...
).
Many non-illustrated Andalusi books do survive, so illustrated manuscripts may have been rare. The manuscript is in the
Vatican Library
The Vatican Apostolic Library ( la, Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana, it, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana), more commonly known as the Vatican Library or informally as the Vat, is the library of the Holy See, located in Vatican City. Formally es ...
, where it is catalogued as Codex
Vat. Arabo 368.
Gallery
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See also
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Arabic epic literature
Arabic epic literature encompasses epic poetry and epic fantasy in Arabic literature. Virtually all societies have developed Folklore, folk tales encompassing tales of heroes. Although many of these are legends, many are based on real events and ...
*
Arabic literature
Arabic literature ( ar, الأدب العربي / ALA-LC: ''al-Adab al-‘Arabī'') is the writing, both as prose and poetry, produced by writers in the Arabic language. The Arabic word used for literature is '' Adab'', which is derived from ...
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). .
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*Cynthia Robinson, ''Medieval Andalusian Courtly Culture in the Mediterranean: Hadith Bayad Wa Riyad''. New York: Routledge, 2007. .
References
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)
13th-century Arabic books
Islamic illuminated manuscripts
13th-century illuminated manuscripts
Manuscripts of the Vatican Library
Islamic art of Spain
Medieval Arabic literature
Love in Arabic literature
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