Stand for a Qur’an Manuscript (Rahla) A masterpiece of design, this carved book stand, or rahla, is made from a single slab of teak and is framed by inlays composed of various woods in shades of brown and black
London: Peeter Davies, Ltd. by the Shenval Press, 1930. p. 190, ill. fig. 95 (b/w
B[ryson]. B[urroughs]. "A Fifteeth-Century Italian Panel."
PanelIn their time, the royal quarters at Madinat al-Zahra, the caliphal court in al-Andalus, must have been a spectacular sight, with lavish architectural decoration; luxuriant curtains, textiles, and furnishings; and sumptuous objects
(b/w). Kühnel, Ernst, and J. & S. Goldschmidt.
The Concourse of the BirdsThe manuscript from which this painting comes was produced in 1483 at the Timurid court of Sultan Husayn Baycara at Herat. It contains four illustrations that may or may not be by the hand of Bihzad, the most famous artist of that era, but represent his innovative, perfectionist style
P. Dutton & Co., 1970. no. 157, p. 180, ill. (b/w). Swietochowski, Marie.
John Pierpont Morgan no. 273, p. 47, pl. 33.1, Paris.Smith, Ray Winfield. 1949
John Pierpont Morgan no. 273, p. 47, pl. 33.1, Paris.
Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2(1): p. 5.Richter, Gisela M.
Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2(1): p. 5. Richter, Gisela M.
Inscription: (on each corner and in center): A [image of a knot] E [reversed] (unidentified)(on red horn): W [backwards E] D H N O H N M E H O M (too fragmentary for interpretation)
B. Lippincott, 1925. pl. VI, b–d. Breck, Joseph.
Moretto’s last major work, this altarpiece was commissioned by the Brescian confraternity known as the Disciplina di San Giovanni Evangelista for their oratory adjacent to the church of the same name
B[attista]. Cavalcaselle.
Art News 36, no. 7 (May 1938). p. 14, fig. ill. p. 9. Rorimer, James J.
This group of five ivory panels are the reassembled elements of a „composite casket,“ so called by scholars because the narrative scenes that adorn them are vignettes from a variety of popular stories and chivalric romances
Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick, London and Goodrich (from at least 1835) [17.190.173a, b]
