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Page of Islamic calligraphy - nasta'liq

Arabic Kufic calligraphy, A passage from the Qur'an

Folio 613 verso from Avicenna's Canon, 1632 AD

Folio 612 verso from Avicenna's Canon, 1632 AD

Skeleton system., Avicenna, Canon of Medicine

Drawing of viscera etc., Avicenna, Canon of Medicine

Physician talking to a female patient in a garden with servants preparing medicaments and potions. Persian lacquered binding board cover of the Canon transcribed in Isfahan 1632.

Arabic style binding - outside of back binding board, 1632 AD

Avicenna, Canon Medicinae, 1632

A multi-coloured text transcribed on a black background with gold flecks. The text illustrates sayings in Arabic of the Amir of Yatrib, Batha and Nahhaf, which relate to the words of the Prophet Mohammad. Transcrived in Cairo.

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Page of Islamic calligraphy - nasta'liq

Avicenna, Canon Medicinae, 1632

Page of Islamic calligraphy - nasta'liq

A multi-coloured text transcribed on a black background with gold flecks. The text illustrates sayings in Arabic of the Amir of Yatrib, Batha and Nahhaf, which relate to the words of the Prophet Mohammad. Transcrived in Cairo.

Arabic Kufic calligraphy, A passage from the Qur'an

Islamic

Images from the collections

Images about Islamic

Works from the collections

Page of Islamic calligraphy - nasta'liq

Avicenna, Canon Medicinae, 1632

Page of Islamic calligraphy - nasta'liq

A multi-coloured text transcribed on a black background with gold flecks. The text illustrates sayings in Arabic of the Amir of Yatrib, Batha and Nahhaf, which relate to the words of the Prophet Mohammad. Transcrived in Cairo.

Arabic Kufic calligraphy, A passage from the Qur'an

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