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Wedding Festivities of Yusuf and ZulaykhaIllustrated Manuscript:
This folio from Walters manuscript W.645 depicts the wedding festivities of Yusuf and Zulaykha.
Folio: 180b
illustration
A Recipe for a Medicine to Tighten the Vaginaselection from book 4.5 "Aromatics, sexual medicines and the Magical Properties of Nature by Shihab Al-Din Al-Nuwayri
A Recipe to Dry the Vaginas Dampnessselection from book 4.5 "Aromatics, sexual medicines and the Magical Properties of Nature by Shihab Al-Din Al-Nuwayri
Anahita Vesselvase decorated with metal unclothed goddess
naked female form as decoration
Deir Mar Musa al-Habashi (Monastery of Saint Moses the Abyssinian)fresco:
"Next to Satan, four sinners are bound like mummies, with the symbols of their sins tied to their necks. The first worshipped money, the…
Excerpt from: A Jariya’s Prospects in Abbasid Baghdadtext discussing concubines' place in society and their effect on marriage
Excerpt from: A Jariya’s Prospects in Abbasid BaghdadJtext of subject
Folio from a Qur'ancalligraphy page from the Qur'an
Glossary term: DhikrIn Berky Dhikr is discussed in terms of mysticism and oral tradition. Interestingly the 2nd source is an image of a written page from the 15th…
Glossary term: HiyalThe automatonic elephant clock is considered a due to the idea that it is a type of trickery, as it is tricking nature, this clock is a trick…