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The Prophet Isaiah
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Earl Spencer (Lugt 1530). Meta and Paul J. Sachs Cambridge gift; to Fogg Art Museum 1920
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Gift of Meta and Paul J. Sachs
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Calligraphic Portrait of the Prophet Muhammad (recto); Geneaology of the Prophet Muhammad (verso) , left-hand side of a bifolio from a manuscript
Calligraphic Portrait of the Prophet Muhammad (recto); Geneaology of the Prophet Muhammad (verso) , left-hand side of a bifolio from a manuscript
Copied in naskh script by Ismail Bosnavi, these two folios (2002.50.119 and 2002.50.135) contain a hilye (Arabic hilya), or calligraphically rendered description in Arabic of the P...
Calligraphic Portrait of the Prophet Muhammad, right-hand side of a bifolio from a manuscript
Calligraphic Portrait of the Prophet Muhammad, right-hand side of a bifolio from a manuscript
Copied in naskh script by Ismail Bosnavi, these two facing folios (2002.50.119 and 2002.50.135) contain a hilye (Arabic hilya), or calligraphically rendered description in Arabic o...
Calligraphic panel showing stylized views of Mecca and Medina and Sandals of the Prophet Muhammad
Calligraphic panel showing stylized views of Mecca and Medina and Sandals of the Prophet Muhammad
This large panel, created in Ouazzane, Morocco, is divided into rectangular sections that contain Arabic inscriptions in a variety of colors and scripts (naskh, thuluth, muhaqqaq, ...
Holy Bishopric of Morphou: The prophet Isaiah, Church of the Archangel Michael in Pedoulas
Holy Bishopric of Morphou: The prophet Isaiah, Church of the Archangel Michael in Pedoulas
The prophet Isaiah with abundant curling hair and a beard is shown on the left. His scroll contains the inscription: 'Like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep tha...
The Prophet Muhammad’s Ascent to Heaven (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Khamsa (Layla and Majnun) by Nizami
The Prophet Muhammad’s Ascent to Heaven (painting, verso; text, recto), folio from a manuscript of the Khamsa (Layla and Majnun) by Nizami
The story of the miraculous night journey of the Prophet Muhammad is based on passages from the Qur'an (17:1, 53:1–18, and 81:19–25), as well as later hadith that describe his trav...
The Prophet Muhammad and His Companions at a Feast (painting, recto; text, verso), illustrated folio from a manuscript of Siyar-i Nabi (The Life of the Prophet) by Mustafa Darir of Erzurum
The Prophet Muhammad and His Companions at a Feast (painting, recto; text, verso), illustrated folio from a manuscript of Siyar-i Nabi (The Life of the Prophet) by Mustafa Darir of Erzurum
This is an illustrated folio from a copy of the Siyer-i Nebi, a work on the life of the Prophet Muhammad. It was written in Turkish by a Turkish poet (Darir of Erzurum) in Cairo fo...
Ravenna, Battistero Neoniano, Edicole con profeti
Ravenna, Battistero Neoniano, Edicole con profeti
Neonian Baptistery, stucco decoration panels: prophets. The two figures are both framed in aedicules, with a seashell decoration on the top. The prophet on the left panel is depict...
Bowl Inscribed with Sayings of the Prophet Muhammad and 'Ali ibn Abi Talib
Bowl Inscribed with Sayings of the Prophet Muhammad and 'Ali ibn Abi Talib
With its pure white slip, precise calligraphy, and perfectly clear glaze, this deep-walled bowl embodies the finest qualities of Samanid epigraphic wares. Most surviving examples o...