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Devotional Anthology: Song of the Lord (Bhagavad Gita) and other works, India, Kashmir, 17th -19th century, Carbon black ink and pigments on paper with textile covering, On loan from the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, MSS 01106
The contents (Sanskrit text and Hindu iconography), materials (Islamic burnished paper and Indian textiles), and format (Islamic-style binding) of this manuscript containing the Hindu Bhagavad Gita all illuminate the fecund encounter of Persian and…
Tiraz Textile, Egypt, mid-12th century, Linen tabby, with red and yellow silk tapestry-woven bands, AKM304
Beautiful but fragile textiles are among the rarest items to survive from the medieval Silk Roads. Often only a few fragments remain, such as the hem of a sleeve or collar, as in the delicate tapestry-woven script (Arabic tiraz, derived from the…
The Tomb of Alexander the Great in a folio from a dispersed Khamseh (Quintet) of Amir Khosrow Dihlavi (d. 1325), ca. 1450, Opaque watercolour and gold on paper, AKM15
This manuscript painting depicts three courtiers of Alexander the Great, wearing robes with tiraz weavings on their sleeves, dutifully gathering at his tomb to mourn him.
Scribal Implements, Turkey, 18th - 19th centuries, Mixed materials and techniques, AKM622.1-13
"The pen is a key that opens the door to the necessities of life." These Ottoman tools of the scribe feature exquisite workmanship in steel and brass with precious inlays of gold, silver, ivory, and turquoise. The elegant execution of these tools -…