Historic Religious Illustrations

A collection of ancient miniature paintings depicting significant religious events, figures, and narratives, featuring bold colors and intricate designs.

Christ's entry into Jerusalem. Syriac Bible, 13th cent. from Iran.

The Healing of the Paralytic; The Raising of Lazarus. Unknown

Conversion of Ghazan to Islam.

Arab treaty on medicine (9th c.). Islamic art. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. ëLE-DE-FRANCE. Paris. National Library.

CODICE ALBELDELSE O VIGILIANO - 974-976 - D 1.2 - MOZARABE - FOL 428 R - REYES GODOS - SIGLO X. Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN. VERGIL. EGICA. CHINDASVINTO. RECESVINTO REY. RAIMUNDO REY. URRACA REINA CONSORTE DE LEON Y NAVARRA. SANCHO REY.

St George slaying the dragon. Armenian Christian illustrated manuscript from the 14th century

Beato de Ferdinand I. Comments on the Apocalypse. 11th century. Jeremiah Whipping Over the Fall of Jerusalem. Madrid, National Library. Author: BEATO DE LIEBANA. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN. JEREMIAS. Daniel. NABUCODONOSOR.

Christ's entry into Jerusalem. Syriac Bible, 13th cent. from Iran.

14th century, Armenian Evangelical manuscript, by Khisanetzi, The entry of Christ into Jerusalem and the washing of the feet. 1392

COMENTARIOS AL APOCALIPSIS, TEOFANIA Y MENSAJE A JUAN, AÑO 1047- S XI-VIT 14-2- PROCEDE SAN ISIDORO DE LEON. Author: BEATO DE LIEBANA. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN. JESUS. SAN JUAN EVANGELISTA Y APOSTOL.

St George slaying the dragon. Armenian Christian illustrated manuscript from the 14th century

The Entry into Jerusalem. Date/Period: 1386. Folio. Black ink and watercolors on paper bound between wood boards covered with dark brown kidskin. Height: 240 mm (9.44 in); Width: 165 mm (6.49 in). Author: UNKNOWN.

Visigothic art. VI-VII century. ASHBURNHAM OR TOURS Pentateuch. Hispano-Visigothic miniature. It epresents: Moses on Mount Sinai, Tablets of Law and the Tabernacle. National Library. Paris. France.

The mosque of Samarkand during the Abu Zayd's sermon. Corresponds to the 28th maqamat (short story between poem and prose) by Abu Muhammad al Qasim ibn Ali al-Hariri (1054-1122). Islamic art. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. ëLE-DE-FRANCE. Paris. National Library.

Choirbook number 9. Gregorian chant. 15th. century. Antiphonary By Master of Burgo de Osma. Parchment. Coronation of the Virgin. Miniature. Letter A. Spain.

The Mogao Caves, or Mogao Grottoes (Chinese: Mogao ku) (also known as the Caves of the Thousand Buddhas and Dunhuang Caves) form a system of 492 temples 25 km (15.5 miles) southeast of the center of Dunhuang, an oasis strategically located at a religious and cultural crossroads on the Silk Road, in Gansu province, China. The caves contain some of the finest examples of Buddhist art spanning a period of 1,000 years. The first caves were dug out 366 CE as places of Buddhist meditation and worship. The Mogao Caves are the best known of the Chinese Buddhist grottoes and, along with Longmen Grottoes and Yungang Grottoes, are one of the three famous ancient sculptural sites of China. The caves also have famous wall paintings.

COMENTARIOS AL APOCALIPSIS - CODICE 1 - FOLIO 132-VERSO - SIEGA, VENDIMIA Y LAGAR DE LA IRA DE DIOS - FECHADO EN 1086. Author: BEATO DE LIEBANA. Location: CATEDRAL-BIBLIOTECA. BURGO DE OSMA. Soria. SPAIN. JESUS.

The 1906 caption reads: "Kaiser Basileus II, the Bulgar Slayer. A miniature of one of the Kaiser's emperor's Book of Psalms. The origina; is in the library at San Mark's in Venice." Basil II, (957/9581025, known as Slayer of the Bulgars and Byzantine emperor (976-1025) was crowned co-emperor with his brother in 960. He exiled the grand chamberlain (985) and defeated rival generals (989) in order to gain the authority to rule. Basil became one of the strongest Byzantine emperors, winning territory in the Balkans, Mesopotamia, Armenia, and Georgia. He was noted for his victory (1014) in th

Manuscript Illumination with Saint Trudo (Trond) in an Initial O, from a Choir Book 15th century German. Manuscript Illumination with Saint Trudo (Trond) in an Initial O, from a Choir Book 467416

SUCEVITA, MOLDOVIA/ROMANIA - SEPTEMBER 18 : Exterior view of the Monastery in Sucevita in Moldovia Romania on September 18, 2018

The Shahnameh or Shah-nama (Persian: šahnameh 'The Book of Kings') is a long epic poem written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi (Firdausi) between c. 977 and 1010 CE and is the national epic of the cultural sphere of Greater Iran. Consisting of some 60,000 verses, the Shahnameh tells the mythical and historical past of (Greater) Iran from the creation of the world until the Islamic conquest of Persia in the 7th century. The work is of central importance in Persian culture, regarded as a literary masterpiece, and definitive of ethno-national cultural identity of Iran. It is also important to the contemporary adherents of Zoroastrianism, in that it traces the historical links between the beginnings of the religion with the death of the last Zoroastrian ruler of Persia during the Muslim conquest.

Holy Trinity (icon) unknown

COMENTARIOS AL APOCALIPSIS - BEATO DEL ESCORIAL - SIGLO X. Author: BEATO DE LIEBANA (730-798). Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

The Beatus of Leon is an 11th century illuminated manuscript of the Commentary on the Apocalypse by Beatus of Liebana. The manuscript was made for King Ferdinand 1 (c.1015-1065) and Queen Sancha of Leon. It contains 98 miniatures painted by Facundus. The Apocalypse of John is the Book of Revelation, the last book of the New Testament.

Aelius Galenus or Claudius Galenus (September 129 - 199/217 CE), better known as Galen of Pergamon (modern-day Bergama, Turkey), was a prominent Roman (of Greek ethnicity) physician, surgeon and philosopher. Arguably the most accomplished of all medical researchers of antiquity, Galen contributed greatly to the understanding of numerous scientific disciplines including anatomy, physiology, pathology, pharmacology and neurology, as well as philosophy and logic. The first major translator of Galen into Arabic was the Syrian Christian Hunayn ibn Ishaq. Hunayn translated (c. 830-870) 129 works of 'Jalinos' into Arabic. One of the Arabic translations,Kitab ila Aglooqan fi Shifa al Amraz, which is extant in the Library of Ibn Sina Academy of Medieval Medicine and Sciences, is a masterpiece of all literary works of Galen. Although they are hardly visible in the Galenic corpus as it stands, many works that were once attributed to Galen are now ascribed to a Pseudo-Galen and rarely

Saint Mark. Date/Period: Ca. 1504 - 1505. Folio. Tempera on parchment. Height: 345 mm (13.58 in); Width: 265 mm (10.43 in). Author: UNKNOWN.

Page from Rylands Hagadah for Passover, depickting, slaughtering and roasting of lamb . Spanish.

Rama and Lakshmana at Conference with Sugriva, the Simian King, and Companions, Scene from the Story of the Burning of Lanka, Folio from a Ramayana (Adventures of Rama). India, Maharashtra, Paithan, circa 1850. Drawings; watercolors. Opaque watercolor on paper

COMENTARIOS AL APOCALYSIS DE SAN JUAN - AÑO 975 -GOZO DE LOS JUSTOS POR LA RESURRECCION. Author: BEATO DE LIEBANA. Location: CATEDRAL-ARCHIVO CAPITULAR. GERONA. SPAIN.

Nativity, detail from the Sagars Altarpiece, 12th century, tempera on panel.

King David surrounded by musicians performs on the lyre, miniature from the Bible of Stephen Harding, manuscript from Citeaux, France 12th Century.

Image from a Set of Initiation Cards (Tsakali) 1301-1500 Tibet. Ink and watercolor on paper .

Comments on the Apocalypse. Mozarab. Fire on Babylon. Gerona Cathedral-Library. Author: BEATO DE LIEBANA. Location: CATEDRAL-ARCHIVO CAPITULAR. GERONA. SPAIN.

A depiction of a cross surrounded by prominent figures Saint Tsar Konstantin, Saint Tsaritsa Elena, Tsar Aleksei Mikhailovich, Tsaritsa Maria Il'inichna, and Patriarch Nikon. The artwork was created by Acad. F. Solntsev and is a chromolithograph by F. Dreher, issued between 1849 and 1853 in Moscow

Mural details at Wat Phra Sing, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Muhammad and his followers. Islamic art. FRANCE. LE-DE-FRANCE. Paris. National Library.

The Scribe Petros and his Pupils; Unknown; Turkey, Lake Van, Asia; 1386; Black ink and watercolors on paper bound between wood boards covered with dark brown kidskin; Leaf: 24 x 16.5 cm (9 7/16 x 6 1/2 in.)

Maqama (literally 'assemblies') are an (originally) Arabic literary genre of rhymed prose with intervals of poetry in which rhetorical extravagance is conspicuous. The 10th century author Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadhani is said to have invented the form, which was extended by al-Hariri of Basra in the next century. Both authors' maqamat center on trickster figures whose wanderings and exploits in speaking to assemblies of the powerful are conveyed by a narrator. Manuscripts of al-Hariri's Maqamat, anecdotes of a roguish wanderer Abu Zayd from Saruj, were frequently illustrated with miniatures.

Saint Matthew. Unknown

Christi Kreuzabnahme und Grablegung, Canvas Gemälde in der Kirche Abreha wa Atsbaha, Äthiopien Kreuzabnahme und Grablegung von Christus, Canvas Gemälde in der orthodoxen Kirche Abreha wa Atsbaha, Gheralta Region, Tigray, Äthiopien / Descent from the cross and Entombment of Christ, canvas painting in the orthodox church Abreha wa Atsbaha, Gheralta region, Tigray, Ethiopia Copyright: xZoonar.com/mikex 15394457

Maqama (literally 'assemblies') are an (originally) Arabic literary genre of rhymed prose with intervals of poetry in which rhetorical extravagance is conspicuous. The 10th century author Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadhani is said to have invented the form, which was extended by al-Hariri of Basra in the next century. Both authors' maqamat center on trickster figures whose wanderings and exploits in speaking to assemblies of the powerful are conveyed by a narrator. Manuscripts of al-Hariri's Maqamat, anecdotes of a roguish wanderer Abu Zayd from Saruj, were frequently illustrated with miniatures.

Saint Mark. Unknown

Gospel Book. Unknown

Beato de Ferdinand I. Comments on the Apocalypse. 11th century. Darius sending Daniel to the lion pit. Madrid, National Library. Author: BEATO DE LIEBANA. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN. Daniel. SAN DANIEL. DARIO REY.

Saint Luke; Unknown; Ethiopia, Africa; about 1504 - 1505; Tempera on parchment; Leaf: 34.5 x 26.5 cm (13 9/16 x 10 7/16 in.)

An Imperial Ottoman Calendar made for Sultan Abdülmecid I, Sadullah, Mehmet (active ca 1840)

The Bamberg Apocalypse, 1000-1020, is held in the Bamberg State Library, Germany. It was commissioned by Otto III (Holy Roman Emperor 980-1002) and contains 57 gilded miniatures produced in the scriptorium at Reichenau.

"The Ascetic Witnesses the Woman Trying to Poison the Lover", Folio from a Kalila wa Dimna second quarter 16th century This manuscript contains seventy-eight paintings and many text folios telling the famous tales of the jackals Kalila and Dimna. Based on the book of ancient Indian animal fables, the Panchatantra written by Vidyapati (Bidpai), the stories spread all over the Middle East where they became wildly popular. This manuscript has a strong flavor of Mamluk Egypt in the figure styles and bold drawings, with hints of Ottoman tulips and Safavid turbans. However, the burnt orange palette and darkly-inked lines have led to an attribution to Sultanate Gujarat where it is suggested this manuscript was copied from an Egyptian original. Its life in India is also attested by a Devanagari inscription at the end, although the rest of the Arabic text is written in a strong, left-leaning naskh-like script.. "The Ascetic Witnesses the Woman Trying to Poison the Lover", Folio from a Kalila wa

Saint Luke. Unknown

The period from the mid-8th century to the mid-13th century is considered the Islamic Golden Age. It was a time when Arabs and Muslims made great strides in the fields of science, engineering, education, poetry, philosophy, geography, trade, agriculture, the arts, economics, industry, law, literature, navigation, philosophy, sociology and technology. In the Islamic world, astronomy was studied fastidiously to calculate the direction of the Qibla and to fix the times for Salah, Muslim prayers, as well as to aid sailors and navigators.

Ivan the Fourth in the campaign. Miniature from a handwritten book. The Illustrated Chronicle of Ivan the Terrible, is the largest compilation of historical information ever assembled in medieval Russia. It covers the period from the creation of the world to the year 1567.

Manichaeism was one of the major Iranian Gnostic religions, originating in Sassanid Persia. Although most of the original writings of the founding prophet Mani (c. 216-276 CE) have been lost, numerous translations and fragmentary texts have survived. Manichaeism taught an elaborate cosmology describing the struggle between a good, spiritual world of light, and an evil, material world of darkness. Through an ongoing process which takes place in human history, light is gradually removed from the world of matter and returned to the world of light from which it came. Its beliefs can be seen as a synthesis of Christianity, Zoroastrianism and Buddhism. Manichaeism thrived between the third and seventh centuries, and at its height was one of the most widespread religions in the world. Manichaean churches and scriptures existed as far east as China and as far west as the Roman Empire. Manichaeism survived longer in the east, and appears to have finally faded away after the 14th century in sout

Saint Matthew; Unknown; Ethiopia, Africa; about 1504 - 1505; Tempera on parchment; Leaf: 34.5 x 26.5 cm (13 9/16 x 10 7/16 in.)

Timur (from the Perso-Arabic Timur, ultimately from Chagatai (Middle Turkic) Temur 'iron'; 8 April 1336 - 18 February 1405), often known as Tamerlane (from Timur-e Lang) in English, was a fourteenth-century conqueror of Western, South and Central Asia, founder of the Timurid Empire and Timurid dynasty (1370-1405) in Central Asia, and great great grandfather of Babur, the founder of the Mughal Dynasty, which survived until 1857 as the Mughal Empire in India.

Funeral of ANNE Queen of Brittany 1477-1514, French

Shiva kills Yama with his trident. Shiva is on a hill; He keeps both arms outstretched, the right arm rests on the head of Markandya who is behind him with a small linga in his hands. In the left hand, Shiva holds a trident with which he pierced the body of a blue demon (Yama) on a bull for him; In the background a night sky in arc shape. Around the show a narrow edge in orange, on top in both corners.

Offerings of Food, from a Set of Initiation Cards (Tsakali). Southern Tibet. Date: 1301-1500. Dimensions: 16 x 14.5 cm (6 1/4 x 5 3/4 in.). Ink and watercolor on paper. Origin: Tibet. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Icon: Saint Dmitri Słuń (Demetrius of Tesaloniki); Unknown provincial workshop (1600-1970), unknown Orthodox workshop (988-2000); 19th century (1801-00-00-1900-00-00);

Yahya ibn Mahmod al-Wasiti was a 13th-century Arab Islamic artist. Al-Wasiti was born in Wasit in southern Iraq. He was noted for his illustrations of the Maqam of al-Hariri. Maqama (literally 'assemblies') are an (originally) Arabic literary genre of rhymed prose with intervals of poetry in which rhetorical extravagance is conspicuous. The 10th century author Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadhani is said to have invented the form, which was extended by al-Hariri of Basra in the next century. Both authors' maqamat center on trickster figures whose wanderings and exploits in speaking to assemblies of the powerful are conveyed by a narrator. Manuscripts of al-Hariri's Maqamat, anecdotes of a roguish wanderer Abu Zayd from Saruj, were frequently illustrated with miniatures.

Mongols with horses, dogs and camels, miniature, Persia 12th Century.

Yahya ibn Mahmod al-Wasiti was a 13th-century Arab Islamic artist. Al-Wasiti was born in Wasit in southern Iraq. He was noted for his illustrations of the Maqam of al-Hariri. Maqama (literally 'assemblies') are an (originally) Arabic literary genre of rhymed prose with intervals of poetry in which rhetorical extravagance is conspicuous. The 10th century author Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadhani is said to have invented the form, which was extended by al-Hariri of Basra in the next century. Both authors' maqamat center on trickster figures whose wanderings and exploits in speaking to assemblies of the powerful are conveyed by a narrator. Manuscripts of al-Hariri's Maqamat, anecdotes of a roguish wanderer Abu Zayd from Saruj, were frequently illustrated with miniatures.

Durga defeats the demon army led by Sumbha and Nisumbha. Engraving with colour by an Indian artist, 1800s.

Charles the Bald welcomes monks from Tours who bring the handwriting which includes this miniature. Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. Charles the Bald (13 June 823 6 October 877), Holy Roman Emperor (875877, as Charles II) and King of West Francia (840877

Council of Toledo (6th-7th c.). Illustration of the work 'PrimacÕa de la Iglesia Toledana' (Primacy of the Toledan Church), 13th c. Romanesque art. Miniature Painting. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. National Library.

Church of St. James Ancient tiles from 1719 A.D. of New Testament scenes. 1934, Jerusalem, Israel

The vizier's son receives the magical wooden parrot from the merchant's woman, who is drunk, and has a carpenter make a replica, from a Tuti-nama, Tales of a Parrot. Tutinama, Tales of a Parrot, is a series of 52 stories in Persian from the 14th century, in the 16th century Mughal Emperor Agbar commissioned an illustrated version, Tenth Night, c. 1560., Historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original of the period

The Shahnameh or Shah-nama (Persian: Šahnameh, 'The Book of Kings') is a long epic poem written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi between c. 977 and 1010 CE and is the national epic of Iran and related Perso-Iranian cultures. Consisting of some 60,000 verses, the Shahnameh tells the mythical and to some extent the historical past of Greater Iran from the creation of the world until the Islamic conquest of Persia in the 7th century. The work is of central importance in Persian culture, regarded as a literary masterpiece, and definitive of ethno-national cultural identity of Iran. It is also important to the contemporary adherents of Zoroastrianism, in that it traces the historical links between the beginnings of the religion with the death of the last Zoroastrian ruler of Persia during the Muslim conquest.

Icon: the resurrection of Christ and the twelve of great church; Unknown Russian workshop (1700-1970); 19th century (1801-00-00-1900-00-00);Anna (Bible), Anna Prophet (Bible), Christmas (iconogr.), Baptism of Christ (iconogr.), John the Baptist (Saint), Joachim (Saint), The birth of Maria (iconogr.), Abyss (iconogr.) , Raising the Holy Cross (iconogr.), Magic (iconogr.), Lord's Transfiguration (iconogr.), Paradise (iconogr.), Meeting of the Lord (iconogr.), Symeon Teofor (St. The entry of Christ to Jerusalem (iconogr.), Assembly (iconogr.), Introduction of Mary to the Temple (iconogr.), Dormition of Maria (iconogr.), The Resurrection of Christ (iconogr.), Descent to the Abyss (iconogr.) .), dwanaście wielkich świąt cerkiewnych (ikonogr.), eidolon (ikonogr.), ikony, inskrypcje, przekaz (proweniencja)

Traditional Kamasan paintings, Kertha Gosa pavilion (former Hall of Justice) in Puri Semarapura Palace, Klungkung, Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, As...

Illustration for the Speculum Historiale. Guyuk Khan and Batoe Khan are giving a letter for pope Innocent IV to Juan de Pian Carpino and Stephen of Bohemia in Karacorum. Author: BEAUVAIS VICENT DE. GUYUK KHAN. BATOE KHAN. PIAN CARPINO JUAN DE. BOHEMIA ESTEBAN DE.

'Fortune Telling Icon'. Buryatia, late 19th century. Dimensions: 6x4 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

Book of Buddhist Iconography. Nepal, 18th century. Books. Ink and opaque watercolor on paper and wood

The Prophet Muhammad's family, illustrataion from Biruni's Chronology of Ancient Nations, Arabic manuscript, 15th Century.

Hanuman, a Hindu deity with the figure of a monkey, 1890, East India, Bengal, Kolkata, Temple Kalighat, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Saint Boris and Saint Gleb, Russian icon, tempera on panel, 15th century, Russia, Moscow , State Tretyakov Gallery, 119x57

Hadith Bayāḍ wa Riyāḍ (The Story of Bayad and Riyad) or Qissat Bayad wa Riyad is a 13th-century Arabic love story. The main characters of the tale are Bayad, a merchant's son and a foreigner from Damascus, Riyad, a well educated girl in the court of an unnamed Hajib (vizier or minister) of 'Iraq (Mesopotamia) and a 'Lady' (al-sayyida). The Hadith Bayad wa Riyad manuscript is believed to be the only illustrated manuscript known to have survived from more than eight centuries of Muslim and Arab presence in Spain. The sole manuscript is in the Vatican Library, where it is catalogued as Codex Vat. Arabo 368. This fragment of the medieval love story of Bayad and Riyad may have been taken from Tunis by the troops of Charles V. It is one of the rarest and most singular Arabic manuscripts in the Vatican collection. Written in maghribi script, it was probably copied in Spain in the first half of the thirteenth century from an eastern manuscript of the Baghdad school. The miniaturist, however, a

CODICE EMILIANENSE - MOZARABE - FOL 101V - SIGLO X. Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

A gathering of people paying homage to an Indian deity. Engraving by an Indian artist, 18--.

Abul Muzaffar Muhy-ud-Din Muhammad Aurangzeb Alamgir (Urdu: ابلمظفر- محىالدين - محمد اورنگزيب- عالمگیر, Hindi: बुल मुज़फ्फर मुहिउद्दीन मुहम्मद औरंगज़ेब आलमगीर) (4 November 1618 - 3 March 1707, more commonly known as Aurangzeb (Hindi: औरंगज़ेब) or by his chosen imperial title Alamgir (Hindi: आलमगीर) ('Conquerer of the World', Urdu: عالمگیر), was the sixth Mughal Emperor of India, whose reign lasted from 1658 until his death in 1707. Aurangzeb, having ruled most of the Indian subcontinent for nearly half a century, was the second longest reigning Mughal emperor after Akbar.

The Nativity of Christ. Date/Period: 1800. Painting. Height: 380 mm (14.96 in); Width: 230 mm (9.05 in). Author: UNKNOWN.

Saint Vsevolod Mstislavich, Prince of Pskov with Saints Boris and Gleb by Russian icon State Open-air Museum of History, Architecture and Art, Pskov Early 17th cen. Russia, Pskov School Tempera on panel Painting Bible

A Chinese ceremony with tea and rice bowls. Painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.

Left wing of triptych with the legend of St Hedwig of Silesia. unknown, painter

A painting on paper in color and gold leaf from al-Jazari's ' Kitab fi marifat al-hiyal al-handasiyya' (The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices). Abu al-'Iz Ibn Isma'il ibn al-Razaz al-Jazari (1136-1206) was a polymath: a scholar, inventor, mechanical engineer, craftsman, artist, mathematician and astronomer from Al-Jazira, Mesopotamia, who worked in service of the Artuqid dynasty in Diyarbakir, Asia Minor. He is best known for writing the Kitáb fí ma'rifat al-hiyal al-handasiyya (Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices) in 1206, where he described fifty mechanical devices along with instructions on how to construct them.

Mahavira Gives Away His Possessions; Page from a Dispersed Kalpa Sutra (Jain Book of Rituals) 15th century India (Gujarat). Mahavira Gives Away His Possessions; Page from a Dispersed Kalpa Sutra (Jain Book of Rituals) 74990

A Fal-nama is a book of divination that can be consulted at random. Opposite each painting is an explanatory text. This text tells us that the scene is enacted in the 'Azure monastery' - location unknown. The omens associated with the miniature are highly inauspicious. In around 1550, the ruling Shah Tahmasp developed an Islamic aversion to figurative painting, and it is likely that this manuscript was the last to be made in the shahs studio, probably under the supervision of the painters Aqa Mirak and Abdul Aziz. It is not clear who the 'idolaters' are, but the scene is probably intended to portray Buddhists at worship.

Six paths of rebirth and the ten kings Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha, 983, painting on silk, China. Detail. Chinese Civilisation, 8th year of the Taiping Xingguo period,10th century.

Image from a Set of Initiation Cards (Tsakali) 1299-1499 Tibet. Ink and watercolor on paper .

God holding Baby Jesus in heaven surrounded by the symbols of the evangelists, miniature, Coptic art, 17th Century.

Initial P with the Martyrdom of Saint Peter Martyr second half 13th century Italian Saint Peter Martyr, a hero of the Dominican order who was murdered by heretics in 1253, was named a saint within two weeks! When the Dominicans established their liturgy three years later, the feast of Saint Peter Martyr was an integral part of it.. Initial P with the Martyrdom of Saint Peter Martyr 32830

The Jamia al-tawarikh, ('Compendium of Chronicles') or Universal History is an Iranian work of literature and history written by Rashid-al-Din Hamadani at the start of the 14th century.

Gospel Book. Unknown

Saint Luke; Unknown; Ethiopia, Africa; about 1480 - 1520; Tempera on parchment; Leaf: 34.5 x 25.6 cm (13 9/16 x 10 1/16 in.)

Pedanius Dioscorides (Greek: ed sd; circa 40—90 AD) was a Greek physician, pharmacologist and botanist, the author of a 5-volume encyclopedia about herbal medicine and related medicinal substances (a pharmacopeia), that was widely read for well more than a thousand years. A native of Anazarbus, Cilicia, Asia Minor, Dioscorides practiced in Rome at the time of Nero. He was a surgeon with the army of the emperor, so he had the opportunity to travel extensively, seeking medicinal substances (plants and minerals) from all over the Roman and Greek world. This miniature painting is from a 13th century Turkish edition of Disocorides' work. <br/><br/>.

Mahavira's Lustration and Bath at Birth; Page from a Dispersed Kalpa Sutra (Jain Book of Rituals) 15th century India (Gujarat). Mahavira's Lustration and Bath at Birth; Page from a Dispersed Kalpa Sutra (Jain Book of Rituals) 74988

Yahya ibn Mahmod al-Wasiti was a 13th-century Arab Islamic artist. Al-Wasiti was born in Wasit in southern Iraq. He was noted for his illustrations of the Maqam of al-Hariri. Maqama (literally 'assemblies') are an (originally) Arabic literary genre of rhymed prose with intervals of poetry in which rhetorical extravagance is conspicuous. The 10th century author Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadhani is said to have invented the form, which was extended by al-Hariri of Basra in the next century. Both authors' maqamat center on trickster figures whose wanderings and exploits in speaking to assemblies of the powerful are conveyed by a narrator. Manuscripts of al-Hariri's Maqamat, anecdotes of a roguish wanderer Abu Zayd from Saruj, were frequently illustrated with miniatures.

blur in iran antique carpet textile handmade beautiful arabic ornament

Wall painting: the Mother of God feeding (Galaktotrophousa); early 11th century (1001-00-00-1020-00-00);

The Kaaba is a cuboid-shaped building in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, and is the most sacred site in Islam. The Qur'an states that the Ka'ba was constructed by Abraham (Ibrahim in Arabic), and his son Ishmael (Ismail in Arabic), after the latter had settled in Arabia. The building has a mosque built around it, the Masjid al-Haram. All Muslims around the world face the Ka'ba during prayers, no matter where they are. This is called facing the Qiblah.

'Icon: The Last Judgement'. Russia, 16th century. Dimensions: 177x120 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

Meccan leaders and the Hashimites gather around Muhammad for the marriage ceremony., 1594 - 1595 (Inferred), Istanbul, Manuscripts, Turkish, 25.8 x 18.6 cm

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