Works of Art (45)
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Amulet, 11th century; Fatimid, Egypt, Ink on paper (1978.546.32) |
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Assembly of the Birds: Page from a manuscript of the Mantiq al-tair (The Language of the Birds) of Farid al-Din cAttar, ca. 1600; Safavid, Painted by Habib Allah, Iran (Isfahan), Ink, colors, and gold on paper (63.210.11) |
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Binding for a Qur'an, late 16th century,
Iran,
Leather binding, stamped, cut, and gilt with turquoise insets (56.222) |
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Book of Prayers, Sura Yasin and Surat al-Fath, dated A.H. 1132/A.D. 1719–20,
Calligraphy: Ahmad Nairizi (Persian),
Illumination: Attributed to Muhammad Hadi,
Iran,
Ink, colors, and gold on paper; lacquer binding (2003.239) |
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Calligraphy panel, 20th century, Sadequain (Pakistani), Colors on wood (Inst.1980.3.2) |
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Cover for a ceremonial gift (rumal), ca. 1640–50, India, Deccan, Golconda, Cotton, stenciled, painted, and dyed (28.159.1) |
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Cuirass (char-aina), late 18th–19th century, Probably Indian, Steel, gold (48.92.1) |
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Dedicatory Inscription Panel, 1500; Sultanate, Attributed to Bengal, India, Black schist (1981.320) |
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Dish, ca. 1600, India, Deccan, Bijapur, Bronze, tinned (1983.227) |
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Folio from the Blue Qur'an, late 9th–early 10th century; Fatimid,
Tunisia,
Gold on indigo vellum (2004.88) |
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Folio from the Kevorkian Album, ca. 1540, Bukhara, Uzbekistan, Calligraphy signed by Mir cAli Haravi, Ink, gold, and colors on paper (55.121.10.7v) |
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Fragment from a Qur’an manuscript, ca. 1400; Timurid, Calligraphy attributed to cUmar Aqtac, Central Asia (probably Samarqand), Ink, colors, and gold on paper (1972.279) |
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Frieze tile, A.H. [Shawwa] 707/March–April 1308 A.D., Iran (Kashan); Made for the tomb complex of cAbd al-Samad in Natanz, Iran, Fritware, overglaze luster-painted (12.44) |
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Hanging, 19th century, Iran (Rasht), Wool (10.33.1) |
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Hat crown, 19th–early 20th century,
Sulawesi, Indonesia,
Basketry weaving; fiber and gold (2006.187) |
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Journey of the Prophet Muhammad; Leaf from a copy of the Majmac al-tawarikh (Compendium of Histories), ca. 1425; Timurid, Herat, Afghanistan, Colors, silver, and gilt on brownish paper (57.51.9) |
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Leaf from a Qur’an manuscript, 1307–1308; Ilkhanid, Ahmad ibn al-Suhrawardi al-Bakri, Calligrapher, Muhammed ibn Aybak, Illuminator, Baghdad, Iraq, Ink, colors, and gold on paper (55.44) |
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Leaf from a Qur’an manuscript, 13th–14th century, Attributed to Spain, Ink, colors, and gold on vellum (42.63) |
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Leaf from a Qur’an manuscript, dated 1137, Iran, Ink, gold, and colors on paper (1996.294.1) |
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Leaf from a Qur’an manuscript, late 11th–12th century, Iran or Afghanistan, Ink, gold, and colors on paper (29.160.23) |
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Leaf from a Qur’an manuscript, late 9th–10th century, Possibly Syria, Ink, gold, and colors on vellum (30.45) |
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Leaf from a Qur’an, 1302–8; Ilkhanid, Iraq (Baghdad), Ink, gold, and colors on paper (50.12) |
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Leaf from a Qur’an, ca. 1250–1350, North Africa, Ink, colors, and gold on vellum (37.21) |
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Leaf from Futuh al-Haramain (Description of the Two Holy Cities of Mecca and Medina), mid-16th century; Ottoman, Probably Turkey, Ink, colors, and gold on paper (32.131) |
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Leaf from Maqtal-i al-i Rasul, end of 16th century; Ottoman, Baghdad, Iraq, Colors and gilt on paper (55.121.40) |
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Mihrab, 1354, Isfahan, Iran, Mosaic of monochrome-glaze tiles on composite body set on plaster (39.20) |
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Mosque lamp, ca. 1285; Mamluk, Egypt (Cairo), Brownish colorless glass, free-blown, applied, enameled, gilded, and stained; tooled on the pontil; red, blue, white, green, yellow, and black enamels; gold; and orange-yellow stain (17.190.985) |
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Mosque lamp, ca. 1329–35,
Cairo,
Free-blown glass, enameled and gilded (17.190.991) |
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Mosque lamp, late 16th century, Turkey; Iznik, Composite body, painted and glazed (14.40.731) |
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Muhammad's Call to Prophecy and the First Revelation; Leaf from a copy of the Majmac al-tawarikh (Compendium of Histories), ca. 1425; Timurid, Herat, Afghanistan, Colors, silver, and gilt on brownish paper (57.51.37.3) |
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Night Journey of Muhammad on His Steed, Buraq; Leaf from a copy of the Bustan of Sacdi, dated 1514, Painter: Unknown; Calligrapher: Sultan Muhammad Nur, Bukhara, Uzbekistan, Colors, ink, and gold on paper (1974.294.2) |
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Page from an Album of Calligraphies of Prophetic Traditions (Hadith), ca. 1500; Ottoman, Signed by Hamdullah ibn Mustafa Dede, Turkey (Istanbul), Ink, colors, and gold on paper; marbled paper, leather binding (1982.120.3) |
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Portrait of a dervish, ca. 1535; Shaibanid, Uzbekistan (Bukhara), Ink, colors, and gold on paper (57.51.27) |
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Prayer carpet, late 16th century; Ottoman, Attributed to Bursa or Istanbul, Turkey, Pile weave, wool and cotton pile on silk foundation (22.100.51) |
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Prayer manuscript, 19th century, Nigeria, Blackish brown ink, and red, yellow, and blue color on paper (1997.301a,b) |
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Prayer rug, late 16th–early 17th century; Ottoman, Egypt, probably Cairo, Wool (17.120.137) |
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Qur’an of Ibrahim Sultan, dated 1427; Timurid, Iran (Shiraz), Ink, colors, and gold on paper (13.228.1) |
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Qur’an stand, 1360, Iran, Carved and inlaid wood (10.218) |
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Spy Zambur Brings Mahiya to Tawariq, Where They Meet Ustad Khatun: Page from the Hamzanama (Adventures of Hamza), ca. 1570; Mughal, India, Ink, colors, and gold on cotton (23.264.1) |
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Talismanic shirt, 15th or early 16th century,
India (north India or the Deccan),
Ink, gold, and colors on stiffened cotton (1998.199) |
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Textile fragment, late 10th century; cAbbasid, Probably Iraq, Cotton, plain weave with painted inscription (31.106.32) |
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Tile from a mihrab, A.H. 722/1322–23 A.D., Iran, Fritware, underglaze painted (1983.345) |
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Tile panel, early 14th century (probably 1310), Hasan ibn cAli ibn Ahmad Babavaih
Iran (Kashan), Fritware, overglaze luster-painted (09.87) |
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Tile, mid-14th century,
Probably Samarqand (present-day Uzbekistan),
Carved and glazed fritware (2006.274) |
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Volume from a thirty-part Qur’an, 18th century, North Africa, probably Tunisia, Colors and gold on paper, leather binding (1982.120.2) |
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Thematic Essays (48)
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