Folio from the Anonymous Bagdad Qur’anThis illuminated folio and folio no. 55.44 come from different sections of one of the acknowledged masterpieces of calligraphy and book production in the Islamic world
Possible candidates have included Sultan Ghazan (r. 1295–1304); his successor,
Signature: (at left) PM (engraved)Inscription: Each letter separately struck with a die, not engraved. (on upper part of rim)INCEPTANT FACINVS (QVASI NVLLVS IN ORBE SVPERSTES IAM, FORET) E LOTHO FLEBILE PROGENITÆ(on lower part of rim)NAM FOEDE PATRIVM TENTANT[A] (obliterated) TEMERARE CVBILE OBRVTA VT EST VINO MENS, RATIOQVE VIRI „Lot’s daughter attempts a disgraceful deed-(as though already no man remained on earth-)
The engraver, who must have been trained on the Continent, based his compositions
A collaboration reveals new research on an archaic Greek sphinx finial at The Met.
At over thirteen feet high, the stele and sphinx would have been visible from a great
Senior weavers may have produced the brocaded felines, given their increased complexity
objects is found in the plaquettes that decorate the bases: The Met’s burners both have
Curator Daniëlle Kisluk-Grosheide on the reconsideration of European decorative arts.
Sometimes we are asked: “Do you have an object similar to what is depicted in this
Slifka Foundation Interdisciplinary Fellowship combines art historical research with training in the technical investigation of the Museum’s collections.
These spaces, prominently featuring monumental sculptures from western Europe, have
Abandoned by 1400, Jenne-jeno left behind tells (settlement mounds) containing the remains of a once-thriving city, including funerary pots and a multitude of buried statuary.
These waterways have provided the region with a fertile floodplain and a natural
The heavy spherical element seems to have contained a projecting spike designed to
Associate Administrator R. Theo Margelony shares research on the history of the rose as a floral charge.
true-born gentleman And stands upon the honour of his birth, If he suppose that I have
