scrolls in art, illuminated manuscripts

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Gold-glass portrait of a woman (Corning Museum of Glass)

Gold-glass portrait of a woman (Corning Museum of Glass)

Gold-glass portrait of a woman (Corning Museum of Glass) Public domain photograph of 15th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph of 14th-... More

Naskh script - Qur'anic verses - 2

Naskh script - Qur'anic verses - 2

The verses 1-20 of the chapter of the Qur'an entitled al-Muzzammil (The Enshrouded One). The text is executed in a clear naskh and outlined by gold cloud bands decorated with red and blue flowers. Diacritics a... More

Naskh script - Qur'anic verses, illuminated manuscript

Naskh script - Qur'anic verses, illuminated manuscript

The terminal verses (18-28) of the 72nd chapter of the Qur'an entitled al-Jinn (the Spirits), as well as the heading and introductory bismillah of the next chapter entitled al-Muzzammil (The Enshrouded One). T... More

Tazkarat al-Fuqaha - Public domain dedication image

Tazkarat al-Fuqaha - Public domain dedication image

نسخه اي از تذکرة الفقهاء علامه حلي Shi‘ite fatwas, Persia, late 17th century BL Or. MS 13890, ff. 2v–3 This manuscript was copied by the scribe Qasim ibn Husayn Shirazi. The opening double page has an illumina... More