Alhambra painted gesso plaque depicting a mihrab and four windows above, decorated in gilt and polychrome in the Nasrid style, with a black and... Show moreAlhambra painted gesso plaque depicting a mihrab and four windows above, decorated in gilt and polychrome in the Nasrid style, with a black and white Orientalist style photograph as a background, mounted in an "Arabesque" parquetry wood frame. The photograph is a staged souvenir picture showing three women with oriental costumes and musical instruments. Title and date devised from Library staff. The plaque is stamped Rafael Rus Acosta, 26. Old label on the verso the photograph, "Emilio ruiz, Casa Linares" and "Granada, Alhambre, 64". Arabic script carved on the upper and lower part of the frame "لاعلى الا الله". Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2018.0243 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i2518927x BIB-ID: 2623721 Show less
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is titled, numbered (96) and signed "C. Vincenti Dar-es-Salam" in the negative.... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is titled, numbered (96) and signed "C. Vincenti Dar-es-Salam" in the negative. Manuscript caption under the print "H. [?] M. Sultanen af Zanzibar" and on the verso of the print "Smedslättsgården 1957 B. Lundberg". Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0015-0002 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26368444 BIB-ID: 2815195 Show less
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Handwritten title and numbers (16.11.) in ink on the mount and later manuscript note on the verso... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. Handwritten title and numbers (16.11.) in ink on the mount and later manuscript note on the verso of the print "Smedslättsgården 1957 B. Lundberg". Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0015-0008 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26369576 BIB-ID: 2815289 Show less
Kaʻbah (Mecca, Saudi Arabia), Kaʻbah (Mecca, Saudi Arabia)--Pictorial works, Muslims, Muslims--China--Pictorial works
Travel accounts to Mecca and records of the Hajj can be found in Chinese texts since at least the Fifteenth century. Title and date Library staff.... Show moreTravel accounts to Mecca and records of the Hajj can be found in Chinese texts since at least the Fifteenth century. Title and date Library staff. The image is ruled in black and light-blue. Under the image there is a part of verse 97 from surah al-'Imran و لله على للناس حج البيت من استطاع اليه سبيلا ("And [due] to Allah upon mankind is a pilgrimage to the House – for whoever is able to find a way" stresses the importance of the Hajj, and to the right the seal reads'). Chinese seals and impressions both on thr front and on the verso of the print. The right the seal reads 'Shi Jiazhen'. M Main Heritage Compact General HC.GM.2017.0005 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i24434826 BIB-ID: 2537126 Show less