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BSR - Binding, outer covers and doublures: upper, lower, and flap

"Durable yet easily decorated, leather presented an ideal material for protecting Islamic manuscripts. Some particularly fine bindings executed in the…

BSR - A Learned Man (AKM906)

"The subject of this single-page drawing has been most often described as a learned man, but he also possesses qualities that may indicate he is a…

Bolintineanu - British Library MS Arundel 16 f. 2 - Initial letter with scribe and mythological animals

This 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…

The contents (Sanskrit text and Hindu iconography), materials (Islamic burnished paper and Indian textiles), and format (Islamic-style binding of this…

Beowulf f. 129 v

Folio 129 verso of the Beowulf manuscript (London, British Library, Cotton MS Vitellius A XV), showing the text of the poem's lines 122-146. The…

Animal right protests

Animals rights protest against fur Industries

Used for protection against illness, difficult childbirth, and the evil eye, this Ethiopian amulet scroll (Amharic kitab, Arabic for "book") was…

AKM PS24 Robe- Front

20th-century Central Asian robe displayed in the Aga Khan Museum (Toronto) in Hidden Stories: Books Along the Silk Roads exhibit (exhibited during…

AKM PS24 Robe Embroidery of Vamiq and Azra

Photograph of AKM PS24 Robe, focusing on the back bottom-left panel of the robe, depicting a scene with Vamiq and Azra. A story deriving from the…