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Lenander - Inscribed SealJet gemstone inscribed with a seal translated to "Rely on God" or "Ali trusts in God" (translated by The MET). Seals inscribed in stone or other…
Honeybee and Wildflowers MuralColorful mural of a honeybee approaching wildflowers with the Toronto skyline in the background. Located at the corner of Howland and Bloor Street…
The Death of ZahhakThis folio illustrates a scene from Abolqasem Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh which “recounts the history of Iran before Islam” (Canby 13). This scene is…
Univac 1108"The concordancing system described at this date was to be written in Fortran on a Univac 1108. The Univac 1108 computer was modular and extensible…
Hartigan-Go — British Library MS Arundel 16, f. 2The items are a page from an illuminated medieval manuscript. The first image depicts the full page, with its artwork and neat handwritten…
Hartigan-Go — British Library MS Arundel 16, f. 1This item is a partial page of an illuminated medieval manuscript. It depicts colourful artwork of a scribe holding a quill and surrounded by mythical…
Bolintineanu - British Library MS Arundel 16 f. 2 - Initial letter with scribe and mythological animalsThis is an illuminated capital letter R. Inside the letter is: a seated tonsured scribe with a quill and a loose piece of parchment; a tonsured…
This late copy of the Dala'il al-Khayrat was created in Morocco, where the work was originally composed four hundred years earlier. Thousands of…
The prayer book "Waymarks of Benefits" (Dala"il al-Khayrat), originally composed in fifteenth-century Morocco, was frequently copied from Senegal to…
Picture of MattMatt needs to get some sleep!