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GM of Samarra
Hypostyle Mosque
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GM of Damascus
Temenos foundation
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Topkapi
Imaret
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GM of Cordoba
Horseshoe arches
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Glass Technique
Millefiori
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Qasr Amra
Frescos, Princely entertainments
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Samarra Palaces
Carved stucco
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Location of Mihrab in all mosques
Quibla wall
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Alhambra Palace
Muqarnas
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Khirbat al-Mafa
Reception hall mosaic
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The Koran
The holy book of Islam
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Codez
Book
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Codices
plural of codex
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Folio
pages (leaves) of a manuscript
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Opening of Koran
2 pages open
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Purple Codex
written on dyed paper or parchment
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Carpet Page
opening with intricate, carpet-like decoration (often with tassels)
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Sura
A chapter heading of the Qur'an
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Bismillah
In the name of God
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Kufic script
early form of arabic script written on the ground
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Nashki Script
linear,written with pronunciations guides (breathing marks and diacriticals)
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Thulth script
as with nashki, but vertical and decorative
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'Blue Qur'an' Location:Qayrawan Museum If in situ: Place where it was constructed: 10th century north africa Dynasty: Abbasid 850 Patron:- Artist:- Date: 9th-10th c
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Nashki Koran Location: University of Pennsylvania Museum If in situ:- Place where it was constructed: Iran Dynasty: Seljuk Patron:- Artist: mahmud Date: 1164
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Hijazi Koran Location:london: british library If in situ:- Place where it was constructed: Egypt Dynasty: Abbasid Patron: Artist: Date:
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Koran Carpet Page, 17th C Location:Cairo: national library If in situ:- Place where it was constructed: Dynasty: Mamluk Patron:- Artist: Ibrahim al-amidi Date: 17th
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Book Binding Location: If in situ: Place where it was constructed: Dynasty: Abbasid Patron: Artist: Date: 10th c
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Fatimid Minbar Panel Location: cairo If in situ: yes Place where it was constructed: cairo Dynasty: fatimid Patron: Artist: Date: 11th century
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Rock crystal goblet fatimid Location: Venice: San Marco If in situ:- Place where it was constructed: turkey? Dynasty: Abbasid/fatimid Patron: Artist: Date: 10th-11th
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Great mosque of Cairo (Qayarawn) Location:africa If in situ: yes Place where it was constructed: africa Dynasty: abbasid Patron: Artist: Date: 875
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GM Cairo lustre ware tiles, minbar,mihrab Location: near Tunis, Kairouan, Sidi Oqba Mosque If in situ:yes Place where it was constructed: africa Dynasty: abbasid Patron: Artist: Date: 856-63
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Qayrawan: Great Mosque tiles on quibla wall Location: near Tunis, Kairouan, Sidi Oqba Mosque If in situ:yes Place where it was constructed: africa Dynasty: abbasid Patron: Artist: Date: 856-63
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Lustre bowl Location: london If in situ: Place where it was constructed: egypt Dynasty: fatimid Patron: Artist: sa'd Date: 12th c
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Seljuk luster ware platter Location: NY:met If in situ: Place where it was constructed: Iran Dynasty: saljuq Patron: Artist: Date:
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Fatimid lustre ware jar Location:Washington, D.C.: Freer Gallery of Art If in situ: Place where it was constructed: near/middle east Dynasty: Abbasid Patron: Artist: Date:
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Fatimid lustre ware platter Location:cairo: museum of islamic art If in situ: Place where it was constructed: egypt Dynasty: fatimid Patron: Artist: Date: 800-1100
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The Shahnama, or Book of King
*Composed by the Persian Poet Ferdowsi, finished in 1010. *50,000 rhyming couplets (two-line verses) *National epic, traces back to Sasanian Persia, with each power adding new histories and myths. Muslim and Christian patrons. *Manuscripts combine different sections of the poem *More than 1100 existing folios from ~500 different manuscripts, commissioned by different rulers in different cultures and empires
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The Small Shahnama Hero: Bahram Gur Emphasis on Text Approx 2 x 5 inches 6 5/16 x 5 11/16 in Long epic poem Location:iran If in situ:- Place where it was constructed: iran Dynasty: il-khanid Patron: Artist: Date: 977-1010 ce mongol period
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Great Mongol Shahnama The death of alexander (the great) Location:iran If in situ: Place where it was constructed: persia-iran Dynasty: il-khanid Patron: Artist:ferdowsi Date: mongol period
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Mongol Expansionism the Great Mongol Shahnama, c. 1335 Location: iran If in situ: Place where it was constructed: persian-iran Dynasty: il-khanid Patron: Artist: Date: 1335c
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Shahnama of Shah Tamzasp Location: iran If in situ: Place where it was constructed: iran Dynasty: Patron: ferdowsi Artist: qadimi
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Spanish Umayyad al-Andalus
Madinat al-Zahra Established by Abd Al-Rahman III Summer palace of Córdoba Artistic workshops of al-Andalus
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Madinat al-Zahra Palace Location: sl-andalus spain If in situ: yes Place where it was constructed: spain Dynasty: spanish ummayad Patron: Artist:abd al ramham Date: c.940
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Madinat al-Zahra: Palace Complex Location: sl-andalus spain If in situ: yes Place where it was constructed: spain Dynasty: spanish ummayad Patron: Artist:abd al ramham Date: c.940
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Madinat al-Zahra Location: sl-andalus spain If in situ: yes Place where it was constructed: spain Dynasty: spanish ummayad Patron: Artist:abd al ramham Date: c.940
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Reception Hall : Salon Rico Mirador Pavillions and pools Location: al-andalus spain If in situ:yes Place where it was constructed: spain Dynasty: spanish ummayad Patron: Artist: Date: 10th
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copper alloy stag Location: spain cordoba, museo arquelogico de cordoba If in situ: Place where it was constructed: Dynasty: spanish ummayyad Patron: Artist: Date:
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Madinat al-Zahra: Palace Location: sl-andalus spain If in situ: yes Place where it was constructed: spain Dynasty: spanish ummayad Patron: Artist:abd al ramham Date: c.940
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Pyxis with human & animal figures (ANDALUSIA) Location: paris:louvre If in situ: Place where it was constructed: spain Dynasty: abbasod Patron: Artist: Date: 968
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Pyxis of al-Mughira it has two humans on a horse Location:paris:louvre If in situ: Place where it was constructed: spain Dynasty: spanish ummayad? Patron: Artist: Date: 968
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Pyxis of al-Mughira Location:paris:louvre If in situ: Place where it was constructed: spain Dynasty: spanish ummayad? Patron: Artist: Date: 968
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Nasrid Pyxis (pl: pyxides) has a cross in the middle Location:zaragoza:cabildo metropolitano If in situ: Place where it was constructed: spain Dynasty: Patron: Artist: Date: 13th century
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Mamluk
1250-1517 Cairo, Egypt "slave army" Metal- and glassworks Patrons and artists names Crusader patrons, non-Crusader objects looted by Crusaders and taken to Europe
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The Maqamat of Al-Hariri Location: vienna If in situ: Place where it was constructed: egypt Dynasty: mamluk Patron: Artist: Date:1334
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Mamluk Glass Oil Lamp Location:corning:museum of glass If in situ: Place where it was constructed: syria or egypt Dynasty: mamluk Patron: Artist: Date: 1355
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Mosque lamp from Cairo Location:london:victoria and albert If in situ: Place where it was constructed: egypt Dynasty: mamluk Patron: Artist: Date: 1356-63
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Glass lamp with enamelled decoration made for Saif al-Din Tuquztimur al-Hamawi Location: If in situ: Place where it was constructed: Dynasty: mamluk Patron: Artist: Date: 1340c
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Egyptian river boat of painted leather Shadow play painted leather Location: berlin: staatliche museen If in situ: Place where it was constructed: egypt Dynasty: mamluk Patron: Artist: Date: 15th c
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Block-printed linen, Egypt Location: If in situ: Place where it was constructed: egypt Dynasty: mamluk Patron: Artist: Date: 14th
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Brass basin of saint louis Location:paris:louvre If in situ: Place where it was constructed: syria Dynasty: mamluk Patron: Artist:Muhammad ibn al-Zain Date: 1300
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sinan
the greatest of all Ottoman architects
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Minaret
Tower, from which the imam, or local religious leader, issues the call for prayer five times each day
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mihrab
Indicates the direction of Mecca, toward which the faithful direct their prayers; the mihrab is set into the Qibla Wall, giving the faithful a larger focus
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quibla wall
The wall containing the mihrab indicating the direction to Mecca.
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Minbar
a portable pulpit, from which the leader of the community, the imam, speaks.
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madrasa
religious school
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imaret
charity kitchen, distributing food to the poor
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Abolution Fountain
the faithful cleanse their hands and feet before entering the mosque