Burning And Melting, Bridegroom Is Buried Under A Collapsed Building, Walters Manuscript W.649, Fol. 13a - On The Morning The Young Man And Woman Were To Be Wed, The Bridegroom Travels To The Home Of His Beloved. On His Way, He Stops To Rest In A Mud Building. As A Result Of Heavy Rains, The Structure Falls And Buries The Bridegroom And His Companions Alive. An Elegantly Calligraphed, Illuminated And Illustrated Copy Of The Poem Sūz Va Gudāz ('Burning And Melting') By Nawʿī Khabūshānī (d.1019 AH /1610 CE) Which Recounts The Love Story Of A Hindu Girl Who Decides To Burn Herself On The Pyre Of Her Betrothed Killed Accidentally Just Before Their Marriage. The Present Codex Was Penned By Ibn Sayyid Murād Al-Ḥusaynī And Illustrated By Muḥammad ʿAlī Mashhadī In 1068 AH / 1657 CE. See This Manuscript Page By Page At The Walters Art Museum Website: Art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=30391 Photo