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Qur'anic Verses
This calligraphic fragment includes verses 17−22 of the 18th chapter of the Qur'an entitled al-Kahf (The cave). The text continues on the fragment's verso with verses 22−31. Surat al-Kahf relates the...
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Qur'anic Verses
This calligraphic fragment includes verses 20−21 of the 46th chapter of the Qur'an entitled al-Ahqaf (The winding sand tracks). The text continues with verses 21−24 on the folio's verso. Surat...
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Qur'anic Verses
This calligraphic panel includes the bismillah (in the name of God) at the top, followed by the 111th surah of the Qur'an, entitled al-Masad (The plaited rope), also known as al-Lahab (The flame)....
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Verses on the Permanence of Good Deeds
This calligraphic fragment includes verses composed by the celebrated Persian poet Ḥāfiẓ (died 1388−89, 791 AH) on the futility of worldly goods. Beginning with a praise of God, huwa al-fard (the...
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Al-Fatihah
This Qur'anic fragment contains the first chapter of the Qur'an entitled al-Fatihah (The opening). Recited at the very beginning of the Qur'an, this surah proclaims God as Gracious and Merciful and...
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Introduction (Muqadimmah)
This fragment in Arabic provides a muqadimmah (introduction) to an otherwise unidentified work, perhaps a khutbah (sermon). Beginning with the bismillah (in the name of God), the text continues with a...
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Khusraw Kills a Lion
This painting depicts an episode from the second book of Niẓāmī Ganjavī's Khamsah (Quintet) entitled Khusraw va Shirin. In this book, the adventures and battles of the Persian king Khusraw are...
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Verses by Ḥāfiẓ
This calligraphic fragment includes a ruba'i (iambic pentameter quatrain), composed by the famous Persian poet Ḥāfiẓ (died 1388−89, 791 AH). The verses use 'irfani (mystical) terms to urge the...
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Qur'anic Verses
This calligraphic fragment includes the beginning of verse 11 of the 49th chapter of the Qur'an entitled al-Hujurat (The chambers). This same verse continues on the folio's verso. Surat al-Hujurat is...
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Qur'anic Verses
This calligraphic fragment includes the beginning of verse 18 from the fifth chapter of the Qur'an entitled al-Ma'idah (The table). The text continues with the end of verse 18 and the beginning of...
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Qur'anic Verses
This calligraphic fragment includes, on the left-hand side of the bifolium, the illuminated title and verses 1−6 of the 69th chapter of the Qur'an entitled al-Haqqah (The truth). This text continues...
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Qur'anic Verses
This calligraphic fragment includes verses 120−21 of the ninth chapter of the Qur'an entitled al-Tawbah (The repentance). The text continues with verses 121−22 on the folio's verso. Surat al-Tawbah...
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Qur'anic Verses
This Qur'anic fragment includes, on the left side, the surah heading and first two verses of the 14th chapter of the Qur'an entitled Ibrahim (Abraham). On the right side appear verses 6−7 of the same...
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Qur'anic Verses
This calligraphic fragment includes verses 62−64 of the 24th chapter of the Qur'an entitled al-Nur (The light). The text of this surah ends on the fragment's verso, which also contains the illuminated...
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Panel of Illumination, Qur'anic Verses
This panel of illumination marks the beginning of the 20th juz' (part) of the Qur'an at verse 56 of the 27th chapter entitled Surat al-Naml (The ants). Verses 56−60 of the surah appear on this folio's...
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Letter Exercise
This calligraphic fragment includes an exercise in nasta'liq script that consists of mufradat (combining letters) in various formations. Albums of mufradat exercises include al-huruf al-mufradah or,...
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Qur'anic Verses
This calligraphic fragment includes verses 57−59 of the 27th chapter of the Qur'an entitled al-Naml (The ants). The text continues with verses 59−60 on the folio's verso. The immediately preceding...
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Collection of Texts on Mathematical Astronomy and the Natural Sciences
This manuscript is a collection of texts on mathematical astronomy and the natural sciences dating from early in the ninth century. The illuminations are mainly of astronomical content and are based...
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Gospels of Luke and John
This manuscript containing the gospels of Luke and John originally formed a whole with another gospel book fragment now preserved in Weimar. The Weimar manuscript contains prologues, canon tables, the...
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Sacramentary of Henry II
This sacramentary was written for Henry II (973–1024) before he was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 1014. It was executed by a workshop in Ratisbon (present-day Regensburg). There the influence of the...
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