This ivory box demonstrates the widespread popularity of contemporary literature and the centrality of narrative imagery to the adornment of courtly space. The current box is composed of six panels of ivory bound in a silver-gilt armature
Led into an inner chamber by a lady-in-waiting, she finds the Chatelaine dead of
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painter of light and as a colorist—most obvious in his unique landscapes—has led
Kabu was the result of western migrations led by one of the MandeÌ� empire’s early
Textile FragmentThe royal textile factories of al-Andalus were famous throughout the medieval world in a period when luxury textiles constituted one of the most valuable possessions in a ruler’s treasury as well as in the trousseaux of wealthy brides
interlace band to dadoes of ceramic-tile mosaics on the Alhambra’s walls, has led
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The Whitney Museum’s desire for a flexible exhibition space led to the large, open
Rider on a NagA number of drawings from the Deccani kingdoms that incorporate marbling are known. A whole group of them illustrate nags; among the Sufis, nags are thought metaphorically to embody the body’s gross desires and therefore are properly shown starved and beaten
An Emaciated Horse Led by His Master (45.174.11); Swietochowski and Babaie, Persian
Engraving, in addition to painting, is probably one of the oldest forms of decoration on arms and armor, and can be found on Stone Age and Bronze Age weapons.
Etching as a means of decorating arms and armor appears to have led to the discovery
The coins found at Nishapur reflect the rise and fall of dynasties in the early Islamic period.
With the revolution against the Umayyads led by Abu Muslim in Khurasan, coins began
Mankind has used animals such as onagers (wild donkeys), horses, camels, elephants, and dogs in conflicts for thousands of years, but no other animal has been employed so widely and continuously and was at times so comprehensively protected as the horse.
types of the joust (in order to prevent them from shying during a charge), which led
The primary functions of the institution of marriage centered on the family and society, and love rarely entered into the equation. Yet the subjects of love, beauty, and attraction mesmerized Renaissance men and women.
Following the Mass, the bridegroom led his bride home to another great feast; grain
