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Umayyad Coins
dinar and dirham
late 7th century |
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Early Umayyad coins
dinar and dirham
late 7th century |
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Dome of the Rock
Jerusalem
Umayyad commenorative monument
completed 691 |
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Great Mosque of the Umayyads
Damascus, Syria
705-715
Patron: Caliph al-Walid I |
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Great Mosque of the Umayyads
Damascus, Syria
705-15
Patron: Caliph al-Walid I |
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Great Mosque of the Umayyads
Damascus, Syria
705-715
Patron: Caliph al-Walid I |
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Great Mosque of the Umayyads -- Mosaic Panels in arcade
Damascus, Syria
705-715
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Great Mosque of the Umayyads -- Mosaic panels in courtyard
Damascus, Syria
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Qasr al-Hir al-Gharbi -- Fresco floor panels
Syria
ca. 725 |
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Khirbat al-Mafjar -- bath area, divan of the owner
Umayyad palace, near Jericho
c. 740 |
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Umayyad Palace -- Mshatta
foundation in Jordan
facade remounted in Berlin
c. 744 |
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Bronze and iron brazier (similar but not actual image)
al-Fudain, Jordan
before 750 |
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Umayyad Ewers -- cast bird figures and engraved, repousse decoration
c. 750 |
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Abbasid City-Palace
Kufa, Iraq
Residence of Ukhaidir, probably built by governor 'Isa b. Musa
c. 775-6 |
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Abbasid Stucco Panels -- Style A, Naturalistic (carved patterns on stucco panel)
Samarra
Second half of 9th century |
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Abbasid Stucco Panel -- Style B, Abstracted and geometricized patterns cut in stucco
Samarra
9th century |
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Abbasid Stucco Panel -- Style C, beveled, abstract, repetitive patterns in stucco
Samarra
9th century |
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Khirbat al-Mafjar -- Umayyad palace, stucco ceiling
Jericho
c. 745
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Wall painting (copy)
Samarra
9th century |
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Mosque of Ahmed ibn Tulun
Cairo
876-79 |
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Mosque of Ahmed ibn Tulun -- Minaret and courtyard
Cairo
876-79 |
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Great Mosque
Qayrawan, Tunisia
mostly after 862 |
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Great Mosque -- minaret
Qayrawan, Tunisia
after 862 |
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Great Mosque -- Mihrab
Qayrawan, Tunisia
after 862 |
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Abbasid earthenware bowl -- inscriptions on white slip, underglaze (slip-painted)
9th century |
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Qur'an leaf with a sura -- heading in gold, script in ink, diacritical marks in red ink
parchment, Kufic script
9th century |
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Slip-painted bowl -- inscribed with Kufic script
Samarqand or Nishapur
9th-10th century
Met. Museum of Art |
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Slip-painted bowl, underglazed
Nishapur
10th century |
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Ikat (warp-resist dyed) -- cotton with gold-leaf painted Tiraz
Yemen
10th century
Met. Museum |
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St. Josse silk shroud fragment
Khurasan, Iran
before 961
Inscription reads: "Glory and prosperity to the qa’id Abu Mansur Bughtegin, may God prolong [His] favors to him" |
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Bab al-Futuh (Gates of Victory)
Cairo
1087-91 (Fatimids) |
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Mosque of Caliph al-Hakim
Cairo
990-1013 |
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Mosque and University of al-Azhar
Cairo
Founded 970-1002 |
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Mosque of al-Aqmar
Cairo
1125 |
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Cappella Palatina -- ceiling Muqarnas
Palermo, Sicily
mid-12th century |
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Cappella Palatina ceiling detail
Palermo, Sicily
mid-12th century |
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Blue Koran (parchment dyed with indigo)
Qayrawan
c. 1020
Met. Museum |
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Rock Crystal ewer with the name of the Fatimid caliph, al-'Aziz bi'illah
975-76 |
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St. Hedwig cut-glass beakers
12th century
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| Carved Ivory (mirror) frame |
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Probably Fatimid
11th-12th century
one is in Palazzo del Bargello, Florence |
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Luster-ware
11th-12th century
*examples with Elephants, dancers, leopard trainers etc...
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