Double Dinar of Abu-Yusuf Ya'qub

This manuscript of Jami’s Yusuf and Zulaykha retains its decorated binding, double illuminated frontispiece, and five illustrations. The text is copied in nasta`liq in two columns ...

This codex-format album consists of 19 relief images created by the pressure of the artist’s fingernail on paper (san`at-i nākhun). Specimens include calligraphic, floral, and figu...

There is an inscription in naskhi script within a square on both the obverse and reverse. There is no mint or date but the ruler's name appears in the margin of the obverse....

Small boxes like this one were used to hold small Qur'ans, prayer manuals, or talismanic texts, which were written on long sheets of paper and folded repeatedly or rolled to fit th...

This is an extremely fine gold coin from the Almohad (al-Muwahhidun) period in North Africa and Spain. The obverse and reverse carry field legends written in a elegant cursive nask...