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Islamic. The Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem. Late 680s–691.


Map: The Muslim World ca. 700 CE.


Islamic. The Kaaba, center of the Haram Mosque, Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Last rebuilt 1631.


Islamic. Muhammad Placing the Black Stone on His Cloak, from Rashid al-Din’s Jami al-Tawarikh (Universal History), copied and illustrated at Tabriz,

Iran. 1315.5-1/8" × 10-1/4".


Islamic. Left page of double frontispiece to volume VII of the Qur’an of Baybars Jashnagir, from Egypt. 1304-06.

18-1/2" × 12-1/2".


Ahmed Karahisari. Closer Look: The Bismillahand the Art of Calligraphy: Frontispiece, Calligraphic Qur’an, from Istanbul. ca. 1550.

19-2/3" × 13-3/4".


Islamic. Closer Look: The Bismillah and the Art of Calligraphy: Bismillah in the form of a parrot, from Iran. 1834-35.


Islamic. Closer Look: The Bismillah and the Art of Calligraphy: Five examples of the bismillah in different Islamic cursive scripts calligraphic

drawings).


Islamic. Closer Look: The Bismillahand the Art of Calligraphy: Mihrab niche, Isfahan, Iran. ca. 1354-55.

135-1/16" × 113-11/16".


Islamic. The Mosque of al-Mutawakkil, Samarra, Iraq. 848-52.


Islamic. Plan: the Great Mosque, Córdoba, Spain, after its extension by al-Hakam II (drawing). ca. 961-76.


Islamic. A Qadi Sits in Judgment. Baghdad. 1327.14-1/2" × 11".


Map: The Expansion of Islam to 850.


Islamic. The Great Mosque of Damascus, Syria. Courtyard. 706-15.


Islamic. Great Mosque of Damascus, Syria. Detail: Mosaic decoration. 715.


Islamic. A princely country feast, illumination in Nezami’s Khamseh (the "Quintet"). From Persia (modern Iran). 1574-75.

9-3/4" × 6".


Map: The Trans-Saharan trade routes, ca. 1350.


Islamic. Djingareyber Mosque, Timbuktu, Mali. ca.1312.


Abraham Cresques. Map of North Africa, The Catalan Atlas. From Majorca, Spain. 1375.


Abraham Cresques. Map of North Africa, The Catalan Atlas. From Majorca, Spain. Detail. 1375.


Great Mosque of Córdoba. Interior.Begun 785, extended 852, 950, 961–76, and 987.


Royal workshop of Madinat al-Zahra. Pyxis of al-Mughira. ca. 968.Height: 6".


Palace of the Lions, Alhambra, Granada. Courtyard. 1354-91.


Palace of the Lions, Alhambra, Granada. Hall of the Abencerrajes, Muqarnas dome. 1354-91.


Prince Bahram Gur Introduced into the Hall of Seven Images, illumination in Nezami’s poem Haft Paykar ("Seven Beauties"), from Nezami’s

Khamseh, in the Anthology of Iskandar Sultan. From Shiraz, Iran. 1410.9-1/2" × 5-7/8".


Sufi. Dervishes Dancing, illumination in Sessions of the Lovers. From Turkey. Sixteenth century.

9" × 6".


Bihzad. The Seduction of Yusuf, illumination in Sadi’s Bustan ("Orchard"), prepared for Sultan Husayn Mirza at Herat, Persia (modern Afghanistan).

1488.11-7/8" × 8-2/3".


Medieval France, Islamic influence. Continuity & Change: The Islamic Heritage: Saint Michel d’Aiguilhe, Le-Puy-en-Venay, France. Portal.

ca. 1162-80.


Islamic (probably Fatimid Egypt). Continuity & Change: The Islamic Heritage: Griffin from the Islamic Mediterranean, probably Fatimid Egypt,

appropriated as decoration for Pisa Cathedral. Eleventh century.Height: 3' 6-1/8".

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