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a sheet, paper, printed on both sides
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Poem on Plum Blossoms
Poem on Plum Blossoms
The text inscribed on this album leaf is a poem on plum blossoms; the poem is inscribed in seven columns, the columns varying in placement, in numbers of characters, and thus in le...
Manuscript of the Tuhfat al-Ahrar (The Gift to the Noble) by Jami, with lacquer binding
Manuscript of the Tuhfat al-Ahrar (The Gift to the Noble) by Jami, with lacquer binding
The manuscript opens with a faded ink drawing of a seated bearded man holding prayer beads in a landscape. The drawing is water damaged, and the inscription attributing the work to...
Manuscript of the Qur’an, with lacquer binding
Manuscript of the Qur’an, with lacquer binding
The manuscript opens with two facing illuminated pages marked by cartouches in the center and filled with inscriptions in Arabic about the Qur'an. The surrounding areas are decorat...
'Heavenly Blisses for the Righteous Soul,' in 'The Desert of
Religion'
'Heavenly Blisses for the Righteous Soul,' in 'The Desert of
Religion'
Allegory, or extensive use of symbolism in a
moralising story, has a long tradition in Christian literature.
'The Desert of Religion', a poem in a northern English dialect,
uses th...
Landscape with Poems
Landscape with Poems
This long handscroll comprises a four-character frontispiece, a landscape painted in ink and color on silk, and a poem written in ink on paper in running script ("xingshu"). Both t...
Detail in a self-portrait
Detail in a self-portrait
The painting shows the artist at his easel, facing a blank canvas, except for a Greek poem pinned to it with a fine needle. The poem, written by Dominique Lampsoons in the style of...