Arabia Collection (page 8)

Arabian Summer House on the Canal of Menouf, Egypt, 1801 Artist: Thomas Milton
Arabian Summer House on the Canal of Menouf, Egypt, 1801. A plate from Views in Egypt, engraved by Thomas Milton (1743-1827) published by Robert Bowyer

Top of the First Pyramid of Gizah, 1801. Artist: Thomas Milton
Top of the First Pyramid of Gizah, 1801. Plate 4 from Views in Egypt, engraved by Thomas Milton (1743-1827) published by Robert Bowyer. Found in the Stapleton Collection, UK

Astrolabe, Arabian navigational instrument, 11th century. An astrolabe was an ancient navigational instrument, forerunner of the sextant, to fix the position of a star

Glazed brick tiling in Shah-i-Zinda Complex, Samarkand, 14th-15th century. Artists: CM Dixon, Unknown
Glazed brick tiling in Shah-i-Zinda Complex, Samarkand, 14th-15th century. This was the burial place of most of the Timurid princes

Detail of Tomb in Shah-i-Zinda Complex, Samarkand, 15th century. Artists: CM Dixon, Unknown
Detail of Tomb in Shah-i-Zinda Complex, Samarkand, 15th century. Glazed-brick decoration (Timurid Dynasty). Shah-i-Zinda is a necropolis in the north-eastern part of Samarkand, Uzbekistan

Ad Deir Monastery at Petra, c20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Ad Deir Monastery at Petra, c20th century. Ad Deir, also known as El Deir, is a monumental building carved out of rock in the ancient Jordanian city of Petra

Nabatean Vase, now at the Archaeological Museum in Amman, Jericho

Turkamniya Tomb, 1st century BC
Turkamniya Tomb, a Nabatean Monument, 1st century BC

El Deir in Petra, 1st century
El Deir in Petra, a Nabatean temple, 1st century

Nabatean Stone Relief, now in Petra Museum

The Betyl, a Nabatean Shrine in the Siq

Interior of a Nabatean Monument opposite the theatre

Nabatean Theatre, 1st century
Nabatean Theatre, cut out of solid rock and displaying Roman influence, 1st century

Nabatean Monuments in the ?Streets of Facades?

The Lion Triclinium, 1st century BC
The Lion Triclinium, a Nabatean Monumentm 1st century BC

Image of the Nabatean God Dushares, 1st century
Image of the Nabatean God Dushares, the equivalent of Dionysus, 1st century

Limestone stela carved withSouth Arabian inscription in Sabaean, 2nd century BC
Limestone stela carved with three lines of South Arabian inscription in Sabaean; for the building by Wahab athat son of Alfaqum and his sons of an aqueduct to irrigate their palm grove

Arabic 18th century planispheric astrolabe, 18th century
Arabic 18th century planispheric or flat astrolabe, 18th century

Hoard of arabic metalwork from a Viking grave in Sweden, showing the extent of Viking trade. In the Museum of National Antiquities collection in Stockholm

View of Mecca, 1918. Artist: Etienne Dinet
View of Mecca, 1918. Illustration for La Vie de Mohammed, Prophete d Allah (Life of Mohammed, Prophet of Allah) by Etienne Dinet and Sliman Ben Ibrahim. (1918)

View of Medina, Arabia, by moonlight, showing the dome of the Tomb of the Prophet, 1918. Artist: Etienne Dinet
View of Medina, Arabia, by moonlight, showing the dome of the Tomb of the Prophet, 1918. Illustration for La Vie de Mohammed, Prophete d Allah (The Life of Mohammed)

Double page spread from a Koran with marginal decoration, 1867

Double page spread from a Koran with marginal floral decoration, Turkish, 1855

Whole Earth from space, viewed from Apollo 17, December 1972. This was the first photograph of the south polar ice cap. Most of Africa is visible, together with the Arabian Peninsular and Madagascar

Abraham preparing to sacrifice his son Isaac to God, 18th century
Abraham preparing to sacrifice his son Isaac to God in place of the sacrificial lamb held by a figure in the background, 18th century. Illustration from an Arab manuscript

Arab manuscript depicting an angel weighing a soul

Pilgrims at Mecca. Illustrated page for a copy of the Koran. From the Anthropological Museum, Amsterdam

Arabian travellers on camels, being greeted at the end of their journey. After a 13th century Arab manuscript

Page of the Koran from Egypt, 9th century
Page of the Koran, in squared kufic script, from Egypt, 9th century

Page from a copy of the Qur an, Abbasid Caliphate (750-1258), 9th century

Calligraphic Exercise Showing Measurements of Individual Letters, 18th / 19th century
Calligraphic Exercise Showing Measurements of Individual Letters, 18th/19th century

Helmet, Turkish, probably Istanbul, ca. 1560. Creator: Unknown
Helmet, Turkish, probably Istanbul, ca. 1560

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