Tile fragment, Bukhara, about 1359.
An Ottoman Curtain From the Tawassul at Medina (detail). Turkey. 13th century AH / 19th century AD
Ayat al-Kursi painted on an ostrich egg.
Illuminated Manuscript, Collection of poems (masnavi), A wise man and a peacock plucking out its feathers not to be attractive to people, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.626, fol. 220b detail.
This is an illustrated and illuminated copy of the collection of poems, known as Mas̱navī-i maʿnavī, of Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (d. 672 AH / 1273 CE). According to the colophon (fol. 314b), the text, written in black nastaʿlīq script, was completed in India in 1073 AH / 1663 CE. Each section of the work is introduced by a double-page illuminated incipit containing a preface in prose, followed by two illustrations and an illuminated incipit page for the masnavi. In total, fifty paintings illustrate the text. The green leather binding is modern.
(by Walters Art Museum)
Ubidiah Masjid in Kuala Kangsar - Malaysia
Illuminated shamsa with text from the Qur’an, early 16th century.
(via touba)
Hajj certificate (detail). 17th-18th century AD. Nasser D. Khalili Collection
This inscription reads, “Oh integrity,” and is written in the form of a pear, with ribbons at the stalk.
