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Part of: Middle Eastern Art (22 resources )
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Middle Eastern Art

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Laura Yoo
Last Updated
May 25, 2022 2:26 p.m.

22 Items in this Learning Collection
Entry into Jerusalem, from the Small Passion

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Snow in Jerusalem, from the portfolio "Expedition to the Holyland"

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The Opposition Want to Overthrow the Government, from 'Expedition to the Holylan

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The Bible: The People of Israel

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Temple of Horus at Edfu
Egyptian temple decorated with carved motifs seen from a slight oblique angle.
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Zal Goes to Rudaba, from the Shahnama of Firdausi
This painted miniature Shahnama page was made by the Shiraz and Timurid schools, ca. 1460 in Baghdad, Iraq. The painting is done in ink, opaque watercolor and gold leaf on paper. The scene shown here is <em>Zal Goes to Rudaba </em>from the Shahnama, the Persian book of kings. 
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Tahmina Comes to Rustam, from the Shahnama of Firdausi
Timurid miniature from the Shiraz and Timurid schools, ca. 1460. The painting is done in ink, opaque watercolor and gold leaf on paper. The scene depicts <em>Tahmina Comes to Rustam </em>from the Shahnama of Firdausi, the Persian book of kings. 
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Book Cover, made for the 15th-century manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdausi (The "Kervorkian Shahnama")

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Seated figure with tripartite crown
The moulded head of the terracotta figurine represents a royal personnage. He wears a three-lobed crown, spherical earrings, and a necklace. He is seated with his legs bent from the hips at right angles to the upper part of the body. The legs are crossed and thus form a circular base which allows the essentially two-dimensional figure to remain erect. The assembling of the limbs was apparently done after the figurine had been cast.
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Egyptian Woman II

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Doo Da Post (stamped and cancelled manilla envelope)
This work is a sealed manilla envelope covered in various artist-made postage and printed stamps. Printed on the envelope are the following phrases and items: "STAMP ART", "FIRST DAY OF ISSUE", "DOO-DA POST JUL 24 1980 N.Y. BRANCH", "DOO-DA JUL 24 1980 CHICAGO", Chinese Characters, "ART MAIL COMMEMORATIVE", "DOO-DA POST- 153 LUDLOW, N.Y.C. NY 10000 USA", "MADE IN USA", a two-tailed siren and a winged-nut. The stamps include images of a portrait of a man in a hat, 3 stamps of the Statue of Liberty, a triangular stamp of corn kernels, the Greek god Hermes, Leonardo Da Vinci and a landscape with blue water, green hills, and a white plane overhead.
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Cover of Ann Arbor Shahnameh (First heading)
This leaf is from a manuscript of the epic poem, Shahnama of Firdausi and features columns of Persian-Farsi calligraphy with an illuminated chapter heading at the top of the page.
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Faramurz taken Prisoner, Shah-nameh of Ferdowski
This Persian manuscript leaf is attributed to the 17th century Safavid period. Its format consists of two sections of calligraphy and a miniature (painted scene) in the middle. The painted scene features a grassy landscape with a mounted soldier and two standing figures. 
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Ardshir Papakan Sits Upon the Throne in Baghdad, from the Shahnama of Firdausi
This Persian miniature is attributed to the Shiraz and Timurid schools, ca. 1460. The painting is done in ink, opaque watercolor and gold leaf on paper. The scene, <em>Ardshir Papakan Sits Upon the Throne in Baghdad</em>, is part of the Shahnama of Firdausi, the Persian book of kings. 
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Silk fragment showing figures in an architectural setting

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Béni-Hassan. Grottes du Nord
Five men sit just outside the rectangular, columned entrances of three grottoes set into the side of a hill. 
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Intérieur de la mosquée Amrou
Photograph of the columns in the interior of a mosque.
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Young Arab Girl

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Untitled
The skeleton of a camel lies in the foreground of this photograph, while scattered groupings of figures on camelback dot the desert landscape in the background. 
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Lobed jar with lid

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Qur’an manuscript page
A page from a Qur'an manuscript.
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Medicinal plants; Leaf from an Arabic translation of the "De Materia Medica," by Dioscorides

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Qur’an manuscript page

Accession Number
1959/1.156

Title
Qur’an manuscript page

Artist(s)
Moroccan

Artist Nationality
Moroccan

Object Creation Date
late 18th century

Medium & Support
Ink on paper

Dimensions
13 3/16 in x 8 7/8 in (33.5 cm x 22.5 cm);13 3/16 in x 8 7/8 in (33.5 cm x 22.5 cm)

Credit Line
Museum Purchase

Subject matter
The page is from a Qur'an manuscript and is done in Naskh.

Physical Description
A page from a Qur'an manuscript.

Primary Object Classification
Bound Work

Primary Object Type
manuscript

Collection Area
African

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Keywords
Islamic
Qur'an
calligraphy
manuscripts

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