miércoles, 30 de julio de 2014

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Grabados, cultura islámica

Manuscript illumination with depiction of demon strangling a patient. Country of Origin: Egypt Culture: Islamic. Date/Period: Mamluke. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive/ National Library, Cairo . Location: 02.
Page from a manuscript depicting use of scales. Country of Origin: Egypt. Culture: Islamic. Date/Period: Mamluk, 14th C. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive/ National Library, Cairo Location: 02



 Islamic manuscript with mathematical calculations. Country of Origin: Egypt. Culture: Islamic. Date/Period: Mamluk, 14th C. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive/ National Library, Cairo Location: 02

 Illustration from Nihayat al-Sul, a Mamluk manual on horsemanship. The Mamluk cavalry underwent long-term training, regularly practiced in the hippodromes. Their horses were Arabian steeds. Horses mating. Country of Origin: Egypt. Culture: Islamic. Date/Period: Mamluk, 14th C. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive/ National Library, Cairo. Location: 02




Illustration from Nihayat al-Sul, a Mamluk manual on horsemanship. The Mamluk cavalry underwent long-term training, regularly practiced in the hippodromes. Their horses were Arabian steeds. Detail of tethered horse. Country of Origin: Egypt. Culture: Islamic. Date/Period: Mamluk, 14th C. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive/ National Library, Cairo. Location: 02  





 Illustration from a copy of 'The Book of Fixed Stars', written originally by the great Muslim astronomer Adb al-Rahman Umar al-Sufi. Based on Ptolemy's astrological observations it also includes Islamic advances in astromony. Aquarius. Country of Origin: Egypt. Culture: Islamic. Date/Period: Fatimid. Material Size: Colours and gold leaf on paper. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive/ National Library, Cairo. Location: 02 


 Illustration from a copy of 'The Book of Fixed Stars', written originally by the great Muslim astronomer Adb al-Rahman Umar al-Sufi. Based on Ptolemy's astrological observations it also includes Islamic advances in astromony. Taurus. Country of Origin: Egypt. Culture: Islamic. Date/Period: Fatimid. Material Size: Colours and gold leaf on paper. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive/ National Library, Cairo. Location: 02 



Illustration from a copy of 'The Book of Fixed Stars', written originally by the great Muslim astronomer Adb al-Rahman Umar al-Sufi. Based on Ptolemy's astrological observations it also includes Islamic advances in astromony. Gemini or the Twins. Country of Origin: Egypt. Culture: Islamic. Date/Period: Fatimid. Material Size: Colours and gold leaf on paper. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive/ National Library, Cairo. Location: 02




 
 Illustration from a copy of 'The Book of Fixed Stars', written originally by the great Muslim astronomer Adb al-Rahman Umar al-Sufi. Based on Ptolemy's astrological observations it also includes Islamic advances in astronomy. Lupus. Country of Origin: Egypt. Culture: Islamic. Date/Period: Fatimid. Material Size: Colours and gold leaf on paper. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive/ National Library, Cairo. Location: 02 



 Illustration from Nihayat al-Sul, a Mamluk manual on horsemanship. The Mamluk cavalry underwent long-term training, regularly practiced in the hippodromes. Their horses were Arabian steeds. Country of Origin: Egypt. Culture: Islamic. Date/Period: Mamluk, 14th C. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive/ National Library, Cairo. Location: 02 


Illustration from Nihayat al-Sul, a Mamluk manual on horsemanship. The Mamluk cavalry underwent long-term training, regularly practiced in the hippodromes. Their horses were Arabian steeds. Country of Origin: Egypt. Culture: Islamic. Date/Period: Mamluk, 14th C. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive/ National Library, Cairo. Location: 02  




Illustration from Nihayat al-Sul, a Mamluk manual on horsemanship. The Mamluk cavalry underwent long-term training, regularly practiced in the hippodromes. Their horses were Arabian steeds. Country of Origin: Egypt. Culture: Islamic. Date/Period: Mamluk, 14th C. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive/ National Library, Cairo. Location: 02

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