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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Apologies for cross-posting. I have just posted to my online archive 177 new images, mostly of Islamic art, doubling the number of such objects that I previously had available. <http://www.KornbluthPhoto.com/Islamic1.html> This is still a much smaller corpus than the Christian medieval art that I have documented, but I trust that some of you will find it useful. The objects come from multiple collections. Highlights, each with its own page accessible from the general Islamic one, include: at Dumbarton Oaks, a gold dinar of Caliph 'Abd al-Malik, the first purely Arabic epigraphic issue with quotations from the Koran/Qur'an (696/97) in Pisa, the large bronze gryphon formerly at the top of the cathedral (C11) in the Hermitage, the "Bobrinsky Bucket" (1163) with some amazing letter forms in the Freer, a Mina'i ware beaker (late C12) with, uniquely, the story of Bizhan and Manizha from the Shahnama in the Louvre, a glass beaker (mid C13) with riders playing polo and the "Baptistère de Saint Louis" (c.1330-40), bronze with extraordinarily complex silver and gold inlay showing hunters, animals, courtiers, etc. in the BM, a male harpy in steel (C18-19) plus various mosque lamps, rock crystal vessels, silks, ivories.... Hope this helps to combat the misery of record cold in so many places! Genevra ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: subscribe medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: unsubscribe medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/medieval-religion