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Double Dinar of Abu-Yusuf Ya'qub
View through Harvard Museums
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
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Illustrated Manuscript of Yusuf va Zulaykha by Jami
Illustrated Manuscript of Yusuf va Zulaykha by Jami
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 ...
Album of Fingernail Artwork
Album of Fingernail Artwork
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...
Kerchief, cotton embroidered with silk in double running stitch variations and with metal thread in satin stitch and double running in a line, trimmed with a lace-like edging, Crete; Turkey, 1800-1875. Kerchief, cotton embroidered with silk in double runn
Kerchief, cotton embroidered with silk in double running stitch variations and with metal thread in satin stitch and double running in a line, trimmed with a lace-like edging, Crete; Turkey, 1800-1875. Kerchief, cotton embroidered with silk in double runn
Kerchief, cotton embroidered with silk in double running stitch variations and with metal thread in satin stitch and double running in a line, trimmed with a lace-like edging, Cret...
Qur'an or Amulet Box
Qur'an or Amulet Box
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...
Fredrik III of Denmark, 1609-1670, king 1648. His Goal Sofia Amalia of Braunschweig-Lyneburg 1628-1685, married in 1643.
Oil painting on canvas. Double portrait within painted, on the sides open ovals.
Fredrik III of Denmark, 1609-1670, king 1648. His Goal Sofia Amalia of Braunschweig-Lyneburg 1628-1685, married in 1643.
Oil painting on canvas. Double portrait within painted, on the sides open ovals.
On the left Fredrik III, breast image, phase right. Long brown hair. Lace collar with tassels.
On the right Sofia Amalia, breast image, phase left. Long light hair, pearl horse, g...
Dinar of Abu Hafs `Umar ibn Ishaq
Dinar of Abu Hafs `Umar ibn Ishaq
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...