Indigo-died parchment page from a Holy Qur’an manuscript
Hegira 4th century / AD 10th century
Abbasid / Fatimid?
Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilisation
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (Sharjah)
Arabian qānūn
Hegira 13th century / AD 19th century
Ottoman period
Kunsthistorisches Museum
Vienna, Austria
Inscription in four languages
AD 1149
Norman
Zisa Museum
Palermo, Italy
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Special edition of MWNF's guide "Portoferraio" (Elba island) on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the first Grand Duke of Tuscany, Cosimo de' Medici, 1519 - 2019.
Three Itineraries take you from Prehistory to war relicts of WWII, crossing amazing seascapes.
Discover Islamic Art database continues growing: 35 new artefacts from the National Museum of Art of Romania.
The Museum is home to the largest and finest art collection in the country, including an important Oriental art collection.
