LNS 274 MS
Illustrated leaf from a manuscript of the Khamsa or series of epic poems of Nizami, depicting the Mi‘raj, or transport of the Prophet Muhammad to Jerusalem, on the mount Buraq
LNS 66 MS, f. 22 v.
Illustrated genealogy of the Ottoman sultans, traced through various dynasties and the Prophets back to Adam, this page depicting the Ottoman sultans Orkhan, Murad and Yildirim Bayazid
LNS 8 MS
Illuminated manuscript of the Qur’an, the text in clouds on a red finely cross-hatched ground.
LNS 275 MS
Paper folios from the astrological birth chart of a newborn, giving the coordinates of the planets and lunar nodes at the time of birth. The single folio contains predictions for the future of the newborn.
LNS 2 CA
Parchment folio from a manuscript of the Qur’an in Kufic script (Chapter 23: includes the very end of verse 49 to the very beginning of verse 52)
LNS 203 MS
Single folio from a dispersed manuscript of the Qur’an containing Surat al-Nisa’ from the middle of verse 171 to the beginning of verse 173 written in gold Kufic outlined with brown and with a large illuminated medallion inscribed with the verse count in the margin. The diacritics are indicated with diagonal strokes, the hamza (a letter indicating a glottal stop) in the form of green dots, and vocalization is marked with red and blue dots.
Al Fann Milan October 2010
Parchment folio from a manuscript of the Qur’an in Kufic script (Chapter 4: verses 170-3)
LNS 9 C
Earthenware bowl, metallic lustre-painted in copper red and olive green with whirling half-palmettes
LNS 5 I
Ivory casket with gilded bronze fittings, decorated with medallions enclosing addorsed and confronted birds and tierkampf scenes of felines attacking hares. The casket is lined with silk fabric from 15th century Spain.
LNS 7 I
Lidded ivory box with guilloche borders, a band of infinite-repetition geometric pattern (square plan of repetition) and an inscription in naskhi script, invoking ‘Glory to our lord the Sultan’ and ‘And there is none victorious other than God’
LNS 19 I
Ivory box, carved in relief with representations of unicorns, birds and plant forms. The edge of the lid carved with human faces and quadrupeds, its top with an ‘inscription’ in degenerate naskhi script ‘copied’ from the style used in the Alhambra and other Nasrid monuments
