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''Hadīth Bayāḍ wa Riyāḍ'' (, "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
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; Riyad, a well-educated slave girl in the court of an unnamed Hajib (
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or minister) of 'Iraq (
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); and a "Lady" (al-sayyida).


Manuscript

The ''Hadīth Bayāḍ wa Riyāḍ'' manuscript, Vatican City,
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, Codex Vat. Arabo 368, is one of three surviving illustrated manuscripts from medieval al-Andalus (in modern
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). Many non-illustrated Andalusi books do survive, so illustrated manuscripts may have been rare.


Gallery

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See also

* Arabic epic literature *
Arabic literature Arabic literature ( / 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 (Islam), Adab'', which comes from a meaning of etiquett ...


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). .

*Cynthia Robinson, ''Medieval Andalusian Courtly Culture in the Mediterranean: Hadith Bayad Wa Riyad''. New York: Routledge, 2007. .


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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-language books Islamic illuminated manuscripts 13th-century illuminated manuscripts Manuscripts in the Vatican Library Islamic art of Spain Medieval Arabic literature Literature of al-Andalus Arabic manuscripts {{manuscript-stub