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Khusraw and Shirin in their Wedding Chamberilluminated manuscripts:
This folio from Walters manuscript W.609 contains an image of Khusraw and Shirin in their wedding chamber. The image has…
Topkapi Palace, Harem, Courtyard of the FavoritesThe Topkapi Palace, the official residence of the Ottoman Sultans between 1465-1856, is a major tourist attraction containing some of the most holy…
Muhammad's marriage to Khadijah (in recess) while proxy speaks her consent.marriage of Muhammad to his first wife
women's faces are covered and a proxy speaks for her (faceless voiceless in this depiction)
Anahita Vesselvase decorated with metal unclothed goddess
naked female form as decoration
Latin Translation of Albucasis' Surgical TreatisePhotograph of a page from a page of the “Al Tasreef Liman’ Ajaz ‘Aan Al-Taleef“, (The Clearance of Medical Science For Those Who Can Not Compile It)
Fresco panel: 'Hunting Scene'A hunting scene that occupies the entire upper register of the western wall in the audience hall of Qusayr 'Amra.
Halawiyya Mosque and MadrasaA photograph of the courtyard of the Halawiyya Mosque and Madrasa.
Folio from an Arabic Translation of the Materia Medica of DioscoridesThis page comes from an herbal, an illustrated book on the properties of plants. Herbals were some of the firsts manuscripts of the Islamic world to…
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Palace. Perspective section. Qasr Amra