Medieval Islam

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Wall tile (fritware) in the shape of an eight-pointed star, with a Chinese-style dragon.  From Takht

Earthenware bowl with a painting of a hare, from Egypt.  Artist unknown; Fatimid period (11th centur

Bloodiest battle in history? Leningrad? Stalingrad?  How about Baghdad, 1258 AD.“They swept th

ahencyclopedia:BOOK REVIEW: Medieval Islamic Medicine by Peter E. Pormann & Emilie Savage-Smith 

Flask with Zodiac medallions, Iran, KashanThe Metropolitan Museum of ArtThis vessel takes the form o

historiated:Mihrab entrance of the Great Mosque of Cordoba, Spain, c. 965. Mosaics of gold and lapis

Saladin, the famous general, conqueror of Jerusalem, and sultan of Egypt and Syria, was an ethnic Ku

peashooter85:Medieval manuscript from Timbuktu in Mali.

Star tile with a phoenix.  Artist unknown; early 14th century.  From Iran (probably Kashan now in th

wtxch:The Breathtaking Beauty Of Shah-e-Cheragh Mausoleum In IranShāh Chérāgh is a funerary monument

virtual-artifacts:A Seljuk silk robe, Iran or Central Asia, 11th/12th century

Moorish Baths, Gibraltar Museumsource: By John Cummings (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (creativecom

f-featherbrain:Al-Andalus: The Art of Islamic SpainThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1992

Little BearʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿUmar al-Ṣūfī, Kitāb ṣuwar al-kawākib al-ṯābita, Samarkand ca. 1430-14

iseo58:Pixide, Andalucia

Hemispherical bowlEgypt, 10th centuryDeep blue glass over a colourless matrix, blown in an open moul

Pegasus constellationSufi Latinus (Latin translation of ‘Kitāb al-kawākib al-thābita’ of ‘Abd al-Rah

Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi’s Manuscript on Astronomy [d. 886 CE]

historiated:Polylobed arches of the maqsura (maksoureh) screens (and part of the mihrab entrance on

The Blacas EwerFrom Mosul, northern Iraq, AH 629 / AD 1232Decorated with courtly scenes.This ewer ma

Confronted Animal Rug. Turkey, 14th century. Metropolitan Museum, NYC. “rugs like th

princesspeterpan:Pyxis, 10th century (950–975 CaliphalSpanish; Made in AndalusiaIvory; H. 4&nb

The influence of Islam on the medieval societies were huge! This were for example recognized on the

Mail Shirt, Islamic, 1700, Art Institute of Chicago: Arms, Armor, Medieval, and RenaissanceGeorge F.

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