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17th-century depiction of the Holy Shrine of Mecca
Illumination Created date: 1500–1699The Haram at Mecca with the Kaʻbah in the centre, from a manuscript of Futūḥ al-Ḥaramayn, a poetical description of the...
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A Sufi biographical dictionary, the Majalis al-'us...
Manuscript Created date: 16th centuryA deluxe copy of the Majālis al-ʻushshāq (‘Assemblies of lovers’), a collection of seventy-six biographies of Sufi saint...
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A village dance
EngravingThis fine print, said to be very rare, is both famous and puzzling. It was made by Jan Saenredam, the father of the pain...
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Accusations against Christopher Marlowe by Richard...
Manuscript Created date: 16th centuryThese notorious manuscripts appear to support the idea of Christopher Marlowe as the wild boy of Elizabethan literature....
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Al-Qazwini’s Wonders of Creation
Manuscript Created date: 16th centuryAn illustrated copy of the 13th-century writer al-Qazwīnī’s ʻAjāʼib al-makhlūqāt (‘Wonders of creation’) produced in the...
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Anthology of Greek lyric poetry
Manuscript Created date: 2nd half of the 16th centuryThe 15th and 16th centuries saw an outburst of scholarly interest in Greek literature in western Europe. The arrival of...
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Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae
Manuscript Created date: 1st quarter of the 16th centuryThe 3rd-century CE author Athenaeus is known today for his long work, the Deipnosophistae (‘Dinner Sophists’). This work...
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Byzantine bookbinding
Detached binding Created date: 15th century-17th centuryThe original binding of Additional 28821, a volume containing Byzantine musical texts, is now kept separately, having de...
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Catena on the Octateuch
Manuscript Created date: 2nd quarter of the 16th century-3rd quarter of the 16th centuryThe catena, a biblical commentary that proceeds verse by verse, was a popular interpretative tool in the Byzantine world...
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Devi Mahatmya
Manuscript Created date: 16th centuryAn illustrated palm-leaf manuscript of the Devī Māhātmya, a devotional text in praise of Durgā. Made in Bhaktapur, Nepal...
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Drawings of the funeral procession of Elizabeth I
Manuscript, Image, Illustration Created date: 1557–1603This early 17th-century manuscript contains unique coloured drawings of the funeral procession of Queen Elizabeth I, who...
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Etruscan alphabet from inscriptions
Manuscript Created date: 1552-1717Greek colonists took the alphabet to Italy, where the Etruscans changed it to suit their needs. These 16th-century notes...
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Fragments from a Kalophonic Sticherarion
Manuscript Created date: 16th century–17th centuryOngoing developments in Greek music resulted in the appearance of the ‘kalophonic’ (beautiful-sounding) style of chant. ...
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Friendship album of Gervasius Fabricius zu Kleshei...
Friendship album, Book, Quarto, Manuscript, Illustration, Image Created date: 1595–1637These are illustrations from the friendship album of the student Gervasius Fabricius zu Klesheim of Salzburg, and others...
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Greek bestiary
Manuscript Created date: 2nd quarter of the 16th century–3rd quarter of the 16th centuryThe Byzantine poet Manuel Philes (c. 1275–c. 1345) is best known now for his work De Animalium Proprietate (‘On the Natu...
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