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Featured Works of Art: Images 45–46

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Image 45

Lamp for the Mausoleum of Amir Aidakin al-'Ala'i al-Bunduqdar

Image 46

Velvet fragment

Lesson Plan: Venice and the Islamic World

Velvet fragment

The lesson plan related to Venice and the Islamic World features a sixteenth-century velvet fragment from Turkey.

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