Page of Ottoman Calligraphy
Scribe: Seyh Hamdullah (Islamic, 1436 (?)-1520)
10th century AH/AD 16th century-12th century AH/AD 18th century (Ottoman)
Part of The Walters Art Museum
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The horoscope of the Persian Timurid ruler Iskandar Sultan, 1411. This is the only surviving individual illuminated horoscope from medieval Islam.
Al-Mizan (Libra) is at 3 o'clock in the circle of zodiac signs.
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Julia Ibbini, courtesy of Heron Arts
The United Emirates-based artist sources elements from Islamic geometry, embroidery, meenakari enamel work, and even electronic music to inspire the designs that compose her laser cut paper works. The complex patterns and layers of her colorful compositions are a metaphor for the artist’s multicultural background as a dual national from Jordan and the UK, and share elements of symbolism seen in the Middle East region. Ibbini uses computer algorithms to create digital designs that she laser cuts onto paper. She then layers these detailed pieces and hand-paints them with ink.
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Sweet chestnut leaf with gold calligraphic inscription, Turkey, 19th century
The leaf is inscribed with a Qur’anic verse from Surat al-Isra’ (“The Night Journey,” Q17:80): “And say, ‘Lord grant me a good entrance and a goodly exit, and sustain me with Your power.”
Aga Khan Museum
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Silver and gold gilded incense burner, Syria, 13th century
from The State Museum of Berlin
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Jean-Léon Gérôme
Retour de la chasse, Circassian à l'abreuvoir
ca. 1877
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Seyed Mosque/ Isfahan/ Iran
Photography: farzaneh beheshti
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The Lovers, Reza Abbasi, 1630
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Happy #InternationalCheetahDay!
Here is the cheetah in Zakariya al-Qazwini's 'Aja'ib al-Makhluqat wa Ghara'ib al-Mawjudat (The Wonders of Creatures and the Marvels of Creation), an important work of Islamic cosmography which was probably first written in the 1260s, and for centuries after was reproduced across the Islamic world. This illuminated manuscript copy was made in Wasit, Iraq in 1280 CE and is the earliest known surviving version.
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Shirin Neshat: Rapture (1999)
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An angel, ca 1555 AD.
Bukhara, Uzbekistan
British Museum
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Illustration of a poppy plant from a manuscript of Khawass al-ashjar ("The Characteristics of Trees”), Iraq, 13th century
Aga Khan Museum
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Gold ring, Egypt or Syria, 11th-12th century
from The Khalili Collection
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