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The Aghānī Miniatures and Religious Painting in Islam

04/1953 | 601 | 95

Pages: 128-135

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Author:

Rice, D. S. (Rice, D. S.; Rice, David Storm)

Subjects

dates:

1000-1099 / 1100-1199 / 1200-1299

places:

Iraq / Egypt / Persia / Iran / Syria / Cairo / Al-Mawsili

places:

Baghdad

subjects:

Islamic painting / Illuminated manuscripts

subjects:

Abu l-Faraj al-Isfahani

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Zangid

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Badr ad-Dīn Luʾluʾ, Zangid ruler, 1234-1240

subjects:

Muhammad, Prophet, d. 632

subjects:

Islamic / Iconography

subjects:

Mosul style (metalwork)

subjects:

Persian painting

subjects:

Baghdad (style)

works:

Kitab al-aghani (The Book of Songs)

works:

Quran

Illustrations

Attributed works:

C. Medallion of Ewer, Dated A. D.1246. (Walters Gallery, Baltimore.)

Non-western art unattributed:

14. Detail of Fig.16. [K. al-aghānī, Frontispiece of Vol. xi. (Cairo, adab, No.579.)]

Non-western art unattributed:

15. Detail of Fig.19. [K. al-aghānī, Frontispiece of Vol. xix. (Istanbul, Feyzullah, No.1565.)]

Non-western art unattributed:

16. K. al-aghānī, Frontispiece of Vol. xi. (Cairo, adab, No.579.)

Non-western art unattributed:

17. K. al-aghānī, Frontispiece of Vol. iv. (Cairo, adab, No.579.)

Non-western art unattributed:

18. K. al-aghānī, Frontispiece of Vol. xvii. (Istanbul, Feyzullah, No.1566.)

Non-western art unattributed:

19. K. al-aghānī, Frontispiece of Vol. xix. (Istanbul, Feyzullah, No.1565.)

Non-western art unattributed:

20. Ḥarīrī's Maqāmāt, Frontispiece. (Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Arabe, No.5847.)

Non-western art unattributed:

21. Ḥarīrī's Maqāmāt, Frontispiece. (Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Arabe, No.5847.)

Non-western art unattributed:

A. Opening Lines of Vol. xi, Cairo.

Non-western art unattributed:

B. Opening Lines of Vol. xix, Istanbul.

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The Oldest Dated 'Mosul' Candlestick A. D. 1225

12/1949 | 561 | 91

Pages: 334+336-341

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Author:

Rice, D. S. (Rice, D. S.; Rice, David Storm)

Subjects

artists:

Ahmad al-Dhaki al-Naqqash al-Mawsili

artists:

Umar ibn al-Hajji Jaldak

dates:

1200-1249

places:

Iraq / Iran / Samarra

places:

Syria / Egypt / Al-Mawsili

subjects:

Sculpture / Metalwork / Candlesticks / Islamic / Mosul style (metalwork)

subjects:

Ayyubid / Mesopotamian / Attributions

Illustrations

Attributed works:

5. Detail of Ewer Dated 620 A. H./A. D. 1223, Work of al-Dhakī. (Messrs R. Stora & Co., New York.)

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6. Detail of Ewer Dated 620 A. H./A. D. 1223, Work of al-Dhakī. (Messrs R. Stora & Co., New York.)

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7. Ewer Dated 623 A. H./A. D. 1226, work of Ibn Ḥājjī Jaldak. Height, 37.5cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.)

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8-11. Details of Brass Candlestick Dated 622 A. H./A. D. 1225, Work of Ibn Ḥājjī Jaldak. (Monsieur M. Stora, Paris.). 8. Medallion No. I. 9. Medallion No. VIII. 10. Medallion No. X. 11. Medallion No. XI.

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Fig. A The shape of the oldest dated 'Mosul' candlestick

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Fig. B The decorative device of the candlestick

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Fig. C (I) Medallion with the rulers

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Fig. C (IV) Medallion with the rulers

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Fig. C (IX) Decorative medallion with the rulers

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Fig. C (VII) Decorative medallion with the rulers

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Fig. D (Med. III) Decorative medallion with garden scene

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Fig. D (Med. VI) Decorative medallion with garden scene

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Fig. D (Med. VIII) Garden scene

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Fig. D (Med. XI) Garden scene

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Fig. F (Med. II) Medallion with horsemen

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Fig. F (Med. V) Medallion with horsemen

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Fig. F (Med. X) Medallion with horsemen

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Fig. G Incised graffiti

Attributed works:

Fig. H Incised graffito

Non-western art unattributed:

Fig. E Two monkeys in a tree, from the Schefer Hariri manuscript

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Three Illustrated Hariri Manuscripts in the British Museum

11/1940 | 452 | 77

Pages: 144-145+147-148+150-152

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Author:

Buchthal, Hugo (Buchthal, Hugo; Buchthal, H.)

Subjects

dates:

1250-1299 / 1300-1399

museums and institutions:

British Museum, London, Great Britain

places:

Iraq / Syria / Egypt / Baghdad / Cairo / Damascus

places:

Al-Mawsili

sources:

Hariri, 1054-1122

subjects:

Hariri, 1054-1122

subjects:

Islamic / Illuminated manuscripts / Abbasid / Mamluk

subjects:

Islamic painting

subjects:

Baghdad (style)

Illustrations

Non-western art unattributed:

Plate I. A-Al-Harith Meeting Abu Zaid. (British Museum, or. 1200, Fol. 79v.). Three Illustrated Hariri Manuscripts in the British Museum

Non-western art unattributed:

Plate I. B-Al-Harith Meeting Abu Zaid. Bibliotheque Nationale, Arabe 3929, Fol. 101v.). Three Illustrated Hariri Manuscripts in the British Museum

Non-western art unattributed:

Plate I. C-Abu Zaid on His Camel. (British Museum, or. 1200, Fol. 151.). Three Illustrated Hariri Manuscripts in the British Museum

Non-western art unattributed:

Plate I. D-Abu Zaid on His Camel. (Bibliotheque Nationale, Arabe 5847, Fol. 143.). Three Illustrated Hariri Manuscripts in the British Museum

Non-western art unattributed:

Plate I. E.-Abu Zaid Enjoying Himself with Good Food. (British Museum, Add. 7293, Fol. 7.). Three Illustrated Hariri Manuscripts in the British Museum

Non-western art unattributed:

Plate I. F-Abu Zaid Enjoying Himself with Good Food. (Bibliotheque Nationale, Arabe 5847, Fol. 3v.). Three Illustrated Hariri Manuscripts in the British Museum

Non-western art unattributed:

Plate II. A-Abu Zaid Preaching in the Mosque of Samarkand. (British Museum, Add. 22114, Fol. 94.). Three Illustrated Hariri Manuscripts in the British Museum

Non-western art unattributed:

Plate II. B-Abu Zaid Preaching in the Mosque of Samarkand. (Bibliotheque Nationale, Arabe 5847, Fol. 84v.). Three Illustrated Hariri Manuscripts in the British Museum

Non-western art unattributed:

Plate II. C-Al-Harith Approaching Abu Zaid's Tent. (British Museum, Add. 22114, Fol. 79v.). Three Illustrated Hariri Manuscripts in the British Museum

Non-western art unattributed:

Plate II. D-Al-Harith Approaching Abu Zaid's Tent. (Bibliotheque Nationale, Arabe 6094, Fol. 84.). Three Illustrated Hariri Manuscripts in the British Museum

Non-western art unattributed:

Plate II. E-Abu Zaid and His Son before the Governor of Baghdad. (British Museum, Add. 22114; Fol. 68.). Three Illustrated Hariri Manuscripts in the British Museum

Non-western art unattributed:

Plate II. F-The Fable of the Falcon. (Bibliotheque Nationale, Arabe 3467, Fol. 61.). Three Illustrated Hariri Manuscripts in the British Museum

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