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Islamic objects of interest, Noel Gallery reinstall

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Julia Laplaca
Last Updated
May 25, 2022 1:16 p.m.

54 Items in this Learning Collection
Bowl Fragment with Figural Designs
This fragment of a Mongol Islamic bowl comes from 14th century Iran. The side design features a kneeling person with a bottle, while the side panels have leopards and floral decoration. <br /> Colors included are cobalt, turquoise, green, and dark geen-gray on a cream-tan ground. The fragment is about one-third of the original bowl.<br /><br /><br /><br />  
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Mina'i ware bowl fragment with confronting equestrian figures
This Mina'i ware bowl profile fragment features painting in blue, black, white, green, and red over turquoise glaze. Two confronted horesman and conventionalized inscriptions near the rim are the main decorative features.<br /><br />  
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Mina'i ware bowl fragment with figures
This Mina'i ware bowl fragment displays well preserved base decorations. Five figures, two birds, a tree and a rim of Kufic insciptions float on the interior, while the exterior exhibits alternating red and cobalt symbols. The bowl is made with a pink-tan paste and a glossy all-over glaze. Ivory, red, cobalt, turquoise, black, pink and brown paints are used to create vibrant imagery.
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Tile fragment with inscription

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Tile fragment with inscription, Molded calligraphy in depressed band in the tile, glazed in bluish-turquoise, slight incrustation and iridescence.

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Plate fragment with design of a white gazelle against a blue ground
This plate has a central gazelle motif in white against a blue background. The paste is a light tan "Islamic II" while the glaze is glossy with wide crackle. The plate was fired upright. It is composed of a now faded cobalt color on a light green-white ground and is iridescent. The plate is attributed to the Safavid period in Iran.
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Floor-table Tile Fragment

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Qur’an manuscript leaf in Abbasid Kufic script

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Square tile with stylized tulip design

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Star-shaped tile with phoenix among clouds

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Faceted bottle

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Shallow bowl with stylized floral medallion

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Qur'an manuscript leaf, illuminated section heading in thuluth script

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Incense burner lid with peacock-shaped finial

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Casket with inscription in floriated Kufic script
This inlaid bronze casket with Kufic inscription was masterfully produced in the 12th century Seljuk period. Possibly of Syrian origin, the lid is hammered from a flat sheet of brass with the bottom formed by folding and joining a section cut from a flat sheet. The seams are on three sides of the base and in the rear under the right-hand hinge. Brass hinges on the object are attached by copper rivets. Originally, the object would have a handle and front clasp which are now missing. <br /><br />  
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Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina and devotees
Multi-colored ink on paper. Reds and golds make up the primary focus colors and are accented by dark blues. Features five figures, two larger figures on the top half of the page and three smaller figures on the bottom. Scene of worship.
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The Birth of Rustam, 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 depicts the <em>Birth of Rustam </em>from the Shahnama, the Persian book of kings. 
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Faucet with Peacock Spigot and Lion-Headed Spout
This large bronze faucet features a peacock spigot and a lion-headed spout.
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Lamp

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Mirror with scene of "Alexander's Ascension"

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Persian poetry anthology manuscript page

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Plate
<br /> This <em>Mina'i </em>plate features seated figures of royalty, probably princes and/or princesses, along with two attendants and birds. There is a stylized inscription on the exterior. The glazed plate features turquoise, cobalt, black, white and brown-red coloring. It is likely a provincial or late <em>Mina'i  </em>style plate from the Seljuk period.<br />  
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Star-shaped tile with molded floral design
This star-shaped ceramic tile is decorated with floral patterns and shapes. This kind of tile seems to be very popular in the 15th and 16th centuries of the Iranian Islamic world. The relief decoration is moulded and unglazed while the ground is glazed in blues with black underglaze and covered with a clear overglaze. 
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Jug, narrow neck, single handle, band of decorative inscriptions at shoulder
<br /> The unglazed jug has a bulbous body with a narrow neck which is half the height of the body. A slight bulging occurs midway up the neck. A handle is joined to the neck below the lip and extends to the shoulder of the body. <br /><br /> A <em>Naskhi</em> Arabic inscription, worked in barbotine technique against a background of unordered small bosses and open circles, runs around the upper part of the body. <br />  
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Plate
The dish belongs to a large group of sgraffiato wares, examples of which have been found from Afghanistan to northwest Iran. They are characterized by an incised design cut into a slip and enhanced with glazes of different colors, frequently yellow and green. In this particular case, and others like it, the concentric scratched lines are clearly determined by compass while the filler patterns are somewhat less controlled. The pigment is not applied to coincide with the engraved line but rather forms an independant web of color over it.<br />  
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Bowl with calligraphic inscriptions and floral designs
This Kashan style bowl from the Seljuk period in Iran features eight brown interior bands. The cobalt blue bands have white inscriptions in Naskhi-style calligraphy radiating from the center to the lip of the bowl. The exterior contains delicate floral stalk decorations. The presence of excrescences on the interior may determine that this bowl was used for waste.<br />  
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Bowl with Bird and Flower Designs
"Object EFS-105 is a 14th century Mongolian-influenced Sultanabad work. The body of the object is a pinkish-tan while the outside is covered with painted blue tinge. The central motif is a spotted lion [leopard]. Stylized birds circle the inside of the object against a naturalistically conceived floral area. The object has been re-pieced extensively. <br /><br /> This object bears the characteristic hemispherical shape of Sultanabad work, and its rendering of the birds and floral motif indicate the Chinese influence of the 14th century. The animal and birds are outlined in black. It follows the general color scheme and motifs of the Sultanabad wares of the 14th century. <br /><br /> The object is 4 inches high and has a diameter of 8 inches. The lion [leopard] is rendered with the Iranian sensitivity and perceptiveness. This object was probably highlighted with white slip."
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Medicinal plants; Leaf from an Arabic translation of the "De Materia Medica," by Dioscorides

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Khusrau brought before his father Hurmuzd; from the Khamza of Nizami

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Plaque with Kufic Inscription, from the Tower of Toghril, from Rayy

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Qur’an manuscript leaf in Maghribi script
Arabic calligraphic script on paper; script is in Maghribi style, written in black ink with touches of green and rec ochre. Shadows of script (from reverse or opposite page, transferred while closed?) show through. Beige paper is browned with age at edges; upper left has repaired tear.
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Star-shaped Tile with flying crane among flowers
<br /> This Ilkhanid eight-pointed star tile employs the Kashan style that originates in Iran. A crane/phoenix-type bird flies amongst floral decorations. The outer perimeter is decorated with a cursive script. The script may either be Qur'anic verse (Arabic) or a Shahnama verse (Persian book of Kings). (updated)
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Tray

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Peacock
A bronze statue in the shape of a peacock, this piece has engraved decorations and is made in the Seljuk style of metalwork.
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Ewer with animal head, with band of decorative inscriptions at shoulder in thuluth script on an arabesque ground

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Candlestick with decoration of the Labors of the Months

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Textile fragment

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Footed Bowl with painted design of birds
This footed bowl with painted designs is of 11th-13th century Iranian origin. The object stands upon a broad pierced foot, with a stem extending upwards supporting a shallow dish. It is done in brown, green and gold. The decoration consists of a number of birds compartmentalized by a gold background that serves to set off their shapes and creates a free-form design. Sgraffito cuts through the slip on glaze to a layer of brown that creates part of the form of the bird or its decoration. All of this is set against green cross-hatched areas. <br /><br />  
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Shallow bowl with schematized animal motif
This large Iranian plate sits on a small base. The decoration consists of a bird and crude space fillers. The units are outlined in green and incised, in addition to green glazed parts that are not incised. The design is cut through the slip and appears light brown while the exterior is left unglazed and plain red-brown.The plate is mended and appears to have commercial mosaic in parts. The colors are green, light green, yellow, and red-brown. Painted green and brown spots and stripes are combined with scribbled engraving to form often asymmetrical designs.
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Tile with molded lion
Tile with molded lion motif.
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Albarello (Pharmacy Jar)
A 14th century Mongol period pharmacy jar from the Sultanabad region. The albarello is a contracted cylinder with a converging neck and has a conventionalized inscription with a stag and gazelle design. Floral designs fill the space while the lower body is fluted. All the decorative patterns were done in low relief. Paste is a light tan "Islamic II", while the glaze is glossy with fine crackle. The object was fired upright. Colors include heavy iridescent patina, gray-green, light grayish-white ground and light purplish gray. The object has been restored. 
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Circular mortar with inscription

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Lid with Handle

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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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Tile
This polychrome and glazed square tile is decorated with a symmetrical design of flowers and leaf arabesques in deep aubergine and yellow. It is covered in a lustrous glaze with black underglaze. The tile matches the style and decorative features of other 16th century Turkish tiles. 
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Star-shaped tile with vegetal arabesque pattern

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Qur'an manuscript leaf in early or Abbasid Kufic script, ch. 38, verses 21-23

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Qur'an manuscript leaf in thuluth and naskh script, chapter 4, verses 480–90

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Flask with molded decor

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Star-shaped tile with floral and calligraphic patterns

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Bowl with concentric bands of epigraphic decoration

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Leaf from a manuscript of the Qur’an in Maghribi script

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Illuminated Leaf
Illuminated manuscript page with Arabic calligraphy that is framed by floriated,<br /> cloud-band borders, stylized cartouches, and marginal vignettes.
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Qur'an manuscript leaf in thuluth and naskh script, chapters 83–85 (recto and verso)

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Curios for Noel Consideration

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Created by
Julia Laplaca
Last Updated
May 25, 2022 1:16 p.m.

46 Items in this Learning Collection
Deep bowl with vegetal and calligraphic designs
The vibrant coloring of this deep bowl consists dark brown, muddy brown, yellow-green and ivory. The design is organized around an inscription which appears above the base far down on the side. Above the inscription running horizontally is a separate enclosed design which looks like arcaded doorways with a string with a ball on it cutting each arcade in half for a total of seven. Opposite this is a series of four and one-half arcades in a vertical direction. Between these two areas there is a design repeated on opposite sides of the bowl with floral circular motifs on each side of a large, abstracted pear-shape form. The circles are brown and yellow-green and the pear form is orange and brown. Beneath each circle is a 'base' narrowing towards the center and directing the eye to the base. The base is covered with a shield-like design of orange and brown. The ivory background is not filled in but certain lines have been incised to add greater interest.  <br />  
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Prayer Book of Service for the Dead, manuscript page

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Lamp

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Libyan Sibyl, a leaf from an early printed book

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Star-shaped tile with molded floral design
This star-shaped ceramic tile is decorated with floral patterns and shapes. This kind of tile seems to be very popular in the 15th and 16th centuries of the Iranian Islamic world. The relief decoration is moulded and unglazed while the ground is glazed in blues with black underglaze and covered with a clear overglaze. 
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Tintern Abbey
A large, Gothic ruin dominates the scene. The west portal of a large church stands with full light, from the left, illuminating its portal. Along its second story ivy grows across the facade while trees cluster in the L-shaped angle toward the right and other vegetation is evident along the roofline of the structure. Several women enter through the main doorway of the building. A stone wall encircles the structure and two houses occupy the land immediately to the left of the church ruin. In the foreground a lane leads past the church with a man leading a black horse and a running hound in the right foreground, and a figure with its back to the viewer is visible at the left foreground. Behind the scene, dark, wind-swept clouds indicate a recent storm that has now passed, allowing golden light to suffuse the landscape.
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Wolgund Sends a Message to Hugdieterich

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Equestrian Statuette of Marcus Aurelius

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The Virgin Mary

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Head of Dionysus (or Apollo)

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Head of Polydeukion (favorite pupil of Herodes Atticus)

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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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Mourning Virgin from Crucifixion group
This standing figure of the Virgin turns slightly toward the left with her head bowed and hands clasped before her in a restrained expression of grief. Her robe is gilded, which contributes a regal note to this somber figure.
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Standing Christ
This figure of Christ wears a volumnious mantle and strides forcefully forward with his left leg. His hands, now broken off, once held either a cross-staff or a globe while he made of gesture of blessing with the other. His robe appears to have originally been gilded and then painted over with red to impart his garment with a lustrous quality.
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Fragment from a Choir Stall
Carved animal figure on pedestal.
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Carved Wood Panel

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Pair of turned oak columns

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Venus Marina

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Crucifixion
Wooden scultpure of the body of Jesus Christ as it would appear crucified on a cross.
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Study for a Chapel in Vienna
This study depicts a rectangular chapel with the side walls bent outward at an angle in order to provide a clearer view of the decoration. The chapel design centers upon a sarcophagus placed beneath a painted altarpiece of the Virgin and Child, which are both set within a semicircular architectural projection that extends dynamically from the wall. On the left the pair of angels that support a large oval-shaped painting reach vigorously outward, their wings overlapping the pilasters. On the right appears another sarcophagus surmounted by a pair of putti. Leaning out from the oval niche above the sarcophagus is a female half-figure—probably a portrait of the deceased—making a gesture of devotion toward the altar.
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Bust of a Satyr
This small bust-length figure represents a mustached satyr turning his head toward his left. He wears an animal skin tied at his right shoulder over his bare chest. The liquid character of the cast bronze admirably captures the rippling muscles of the satyr's chest and the flowing curls of his hair and the animal pelt.
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The Mourning Virgin

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Panel

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Panel

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The Annunciation
In this painting, rendered entirely in gray monochrome, a technique known as grisaille, an angel descends on a bank of clouds toward a woman who kneels on the floor before a prie-dieu. She looks downward and turns away from the angel in a gesture of humility, and her head is illuminated by the light from a luminescent dove in the cloud above her. A bearded man looks down from the summit of the cloud, nearly engulfed in light, and a number of cherubim appear throughout the scene. The robust forms and grounded materiality of the woman's body and the furniture around her give way to light-filled clouds and diffused forms in the upper part of the canvas as the heavenly and worldly realms come together.
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Angel Appearing to Hagar in the Wilderness

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Christ on the Mount of Olives
This is a large semi-circular painting (lunette) with several figures arranged to accomodate the shape of the canvas. It is night time, so the scene is enveloped in darkness. In the top center area, there is an angel, surrounded by bright light, who holds out a golden goblet toward a man kneeling before him. This man, with arms outstretched, looks up toward the goblet and the face of the angel. His face is illuminated by the light. He is wearing a bright red robe and a dark blue cloak. In the left foreground, there are three men who are sleeping. Two are sitting on the ground and the third, an elderly man with white hair, is reclining in front of them. They have dark blue and brown cloaks wrapped around them. On the lower right, shown in the far distance, is a group of people walking toward the kneeling figure. This scene is painted in dark tones of brown, green, blue and gray, except for the red robe of the kneeling man and areas on faces, arms and legs which are highlighted by a bright light.
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Choir Book Page

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Leaf from a Bible (Glossary of Hebrew Names)

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Leaf from a Gradual
A double-sided illuminated manuscript leaf with one column of seven staffs&nbsp;containing brown ink notes and Latin blackletter script. Some red rubrication is&nbsp;present. A large illuminated initial &ldquo;S&rdquo; is found on the verso, decorated with vegetal&nbsp;and floral forms in blue, green, scarlet, and gold leaf.
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Leaf from a Book of Hours
This manuscript page contains a column of Latin text surrounded by generous margins. A pair of slender flowers with small green leaves run the length of the text along the left margin. Three decorated initials appear on the left edge of the text block. Each initial is painted gold on a pink and blue ground with white scrollwork and enclosed within a frame. Two rectangular line-fillers, colored pink and blue with white scrollwork, appear in the right half of the text column.
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Leaf from a Book of Hours

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Uniface Alexander VII

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Francesco Carrara I (obverse); Angel with Lamb (?) (reverse)

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Pope Paul IV (obverse), Christ Giving the Keys to Peter (reverse)

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Pope Clement IX (obverse), and the Ponte Sant' Angelo (reverse)
The front (obverse) of the medal presents a profile portrait of a bearded man wearing a cassock, cap, and stole. The reverse depicts a bridge spanning a river. A winged figure flies above the bridge blowing a trumpet, while a nude male figure reclines below the bridge in the foreground and a wolf nurses at his feet. Inscriptions run around both the border edge of both sides of the medal.
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Basin

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Leaf from a Psalter
Double-sided illuminated manuscript leaf with two blocks of Latin blackletter script&nbsp;framed by floriated borders of blue, red, and gold leaf featuring interlace and an&nbsp;illuminated initial.
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Illuminated Leaf
Illuminated manuscript page with Arabic calligraphy that is framed by floriated,<br /> cloud-band borders, stylized cartouches, and marginal vignettes.
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Decorative Ewer with Satyrs
The ewer in this drawing is decorated with cavorting satyrs, lions, and grotesque masks.
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Leaf from a Book of Hours

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Cutting from a Secular Manuscript with Perceval Attacked by Twenty Knights

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Leaf from a Bible with Daniel in the lions' den aided by the prophet Habakuk
Two columns of Latin text fill this page taken from a bible manuscript. A painting in a gold rectangular frame is located in the lower right column. An angel descends from a blue semicircular disc in the upper right corner of the painting and grasps a larger figure by the hair with both hands. This second figure holds a jug in his left hand and a plate with bread in his right. A third figure, dressed in a white robe, reaches up toward this larger figure from an enclosure below. He appears against a black background and four gray animal heads overlap his torso.
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Sheepskin Manuscript Page I

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Table

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Hanging altar lamps

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Objects which need updating in UMMA records

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Created by
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37 Items in this Learning Collection
Shallow Dish
This dish features a three part structural division; the boss is almost flat. Around the depressed area is a band of degenerate Gothic [or pseudo-Arabic] script. On the brim are solid lustre painted zig-zags, possibly a late version of gadroons. The empty areas of this pattern are filled with dots and floral motifs. The reverse has repeated circles only.
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Lustre-ware dish

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Dish with Floral Motifs
This dish features a recessed center with a central boss decorated with a rosette design. The recessed area and rim are painted with floral motifs and leaf designs arranged in concentric rings.
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Dish,

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Lustre-ware dish

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Dish,

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Dish,

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Dish with an Escutcheon,

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Lustre-ware dish

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Dish,

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Dish,

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Lustre-ware dish

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Lustre-ware dish

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Lustre-ware dish

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Dish,

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Man of Sorrows

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Champlevé enamel plaque with Christ in Majesty

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Coronation of the Virgin
A page from a manuscript depicting a woman, kneeling to be crowned, while a standing man blesses her. She is surrounded by a court of angels in an architectural setting in the clouds.
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Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina and devotees
Multi-colored ink on paper. Prominent reds, yellows and blues. Six figures, three smaller (clothed), three larger (nude or semi-nude). Scene of worship.
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In the Opera Box

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Libyan Sibyl, a leaf from an early printed book

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Adoration of the Magi
This unfinished painted study depicts a crowd of figures gathered around three richly dressed men and a woman and child, who appear on a flight of stairs near the entrance to a large building decorated with classical columns and pilasters. An elderly bald man wearing a red cloak trimmed with ermine kneels with his head bowed at the top of the stairs before a kneeling woman who holds an infant in her right arm. Another man wearing a turban decorated with a large feather stands behind the kneeling man and holds a gold censer hanging from a chain in his left hand. A third richly dressed man stands at the bottom of the stairs with his back turned toward the viewer. A number of other figures crowd around this central group from the sides. A large ox sits in the right foreground with a donkey standing behind it.
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Pope Paul IV (obverse), Christ Giving the Keys to Peter (reverse)

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Pope Clement IX (obverse), and the Ponte Sant' Angelo (reverse)
The front (obverse) of the medal presents a profile portrait of a bearded man wearing a cassock, cap, and stole. The reverse depicts a bridge spanning a river. A winged figure flies above the bridge blowing a trumpet, while a nude male figure reclines below the bridge in the foreground and a wolf nurses at his feet. Inscriptions run around both the border edge of both sides of the medal.
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Illuminated Leaf
Illuminated manuscript page with Arabic calligraphy that is framed by floriated,<br /> cloud-band borders, stylized cartouches, and marginal vignettes.
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Leaf from a Gradual

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Leaf from a Book of Hours

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Candlestick with scenes of paired figures drinking

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Manuscript Leaf

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MS Leaf: Excerpts from the Evangelists

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Leaf from a Breviary

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Leaf from a Book of Hours (Calendar for October)

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MS Leaf: Greek Liturgy with Byzantine Greek Notation #6

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MS Leaf: Bible Lessons

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Leaf from a Book of Hours

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Leaf from a Book of Hours

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Leaf from a Book of Hours

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37 Items in this Learning Collection
Shallow Dish
This dish features a three part structural division; the boss is almost flat. Around the depressed area is a band of degenerate Gothic [or pseudo-Arabic] script. On the brim are solid lustre painted zig-zags, possibly a late version of gadroons. The empty areas of this pattern are filled with dots and floral motifs. The reverse has repeated circles only.
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Lustre-ware dish

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Dish with Floral Motifs
This dish features a recessed center with a central boss decorated with a rosette design. The recessed area and rim are painted with floral motifs and leaf designs arranged in concentric rings.
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Dish,

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Lustre-ware dish

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Dish,

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Dish,

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Dish with an Escutcheon,

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Lustre-ware dish

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Dish,

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Dish,

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Lustre-ware dish

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Lustre-ware dish

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Lustre-ware dish

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Dish,

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Man of Sorrows

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Champlevé enamel plaque with Christ in Majesty

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Coronation of the Virgin
A page from a manuscript depicting a woman, kneeling to be crowned, while a standing man blesses her. She is surrounded by a court of angels in an architectural setting in the clouds.
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Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina and devotees
Multi-colored ink on paper. Prominent reds, yellows and blues. Six figures, three smaller (clothed), three larger (nude or semi-nude). Scene of worship.
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In the Opera Box

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Libyan Sibyl, a leaf from an early printed book

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Adoration of the Magi
This unfinished painted study depicts a crowd of figures gathered around three richly dressed men and a woman and child, who appear on a flight of stairs near the entrance to a large building decorated with classical columns and pilasters. An elderly bald man wearing a red cloak trimmed with ermine kneels with his head bowed at the top of the stairs before a kneeling woman who holds an infant in her right arm. Another man wearing a turban decorated with a large feather stands behind the kneeling man and holds a gold censer hanging from a chain in his left hand. A third richly dressed man stands at the bottom of the stairs with his back turned toward the viewer. A number of other figures crowd around this central group from the sides. A large ox sits in the right foreground with a donkey standing behind it.
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Pope Paul IV (obverse), Christ Giving the Keys to Peter (reverse)

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Pope Clement IX (obverse), and the Ponte Sant' Angelo (reverse)
The front (obverse) of the medal presents a profile portrait of a bearded man wearing a cassock, cap, and stole. The reverse depicts a bridge spanning a river. A winged figure flies above the bridge blowing a trumpet, while a nude male figure reclines below the bridge in the foreground and a wolf nurses at his feet. Inscriptions run around both the border edge of both sides of the medal.
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Illuminated Leaf
Illuminated manuscript page with Arabic calligraphy that is framed by floriated,<br /> cloud-band borders, stylized cartouches, and marginal vignettes.
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Leaf from a Gradual

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Leaf from a Book of Hours

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Candlestick with scenes of paired figures drinking

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Manuscript Leaf

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MS Leaf: Excerpts from the Evangelists

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Leaf from a Breviary

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Leaf from a Book of Hours (Calendar for October)

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MS Leaf: Greek Liturgy with Byzantine Greek Notation #6

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MS Leaf: Bible Lessons

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Leaf from a Book of Hours

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Leaf from a Book of Hours

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Leaf from a Book of Hours

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Illuminated Leaf

Accession Number
2015/2.1A&B

Title
Illuminated Leaf

Artist(s)
European

Object Creation Date
circa 1501-1722

Medium & Support
ink and gold leaf on paper

Dimensions
16 ½ in x 14 ½ in (41.91 cm x 36.83 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Carrol Robertsen

Subject matter
This is a double-sided illuminated manuscript leaf in a rectangular format, which is compartmentalized using smaller rectangles and marginal vignettes. Both sides of the leaf feature floriated borders or frame bands of gold leaf, blue, and red that encase Arabic script in the central field. The floral borders comprised of stylized orange and pink pansies, white lotus blossoms, and blue bells that are surmounted by a repeated ogival arch pattern. The combination of vegetal and geometric designs produce variety and enliven the page. Triangular marginal vignettes with arabesque designs help frame the text, while adding ornamentation. The borders
and bands within the text may indicate divisions such as chapters or verses.

Physical Description
Illuminated manuscript page with Arabic calligraphy that is framed by floriated,
cloud-band borders, stylized cartouches, and marginal vignettes.

Primary Object Classification
Bound Work

Primary Object Type
manuscript

Additional Object Classification(s)
Unbound Work

Collection Area
Western

Rights
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Keywords
Islamic (culture or style)
calligraphy (visual works)
illuminations (visual works)
manuscripts (documents)
poetry

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