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Roelant Savery (1576–1639), Vase of Flowers in a Stone Niche (detail)
Leaf from the Cevera Bible, one of the oldest and most significant Sephardi bibles, dated 1299-1300. It is signed by both the scribe, Samuel Ben Abraham ibn Nathan, and the illuminator, Joseph Asarfati.
Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal
Source: bnportugal.gov.pt
Kylemore Abbey
Connemara, Ireland, 30 VI 2023
Book of Hours, Use of Rome (the “Sforza Hours”) - Add MS 34294 - c.1490-1521 - via The British Library
The horoscope of the Persian Timurid ruler Iskandar Sultan, 1411. This is the only surviving individual illuminated horoscope from medieval Islam. Al-Mizan (Libra) is at 3 o'clock in the circle of zodiac signs.
Woman’s Robe a la Française
Europe, circa 1725
Costumes; principal attire (entire body)
Silk plain weave (shot taffeta)
Center back petticoat length: 37 ¾ in. (95.885 cm); Center back robe length: 60 ¼ in. (153.035 cm)
Purchased with funds provided by Suzanne A. Saperstein and Michael and Ellen Michelson, with additional funding from the Costume Council, the Edgerton Foundation, Gail and Gerald Oppenheimer, Maureen H. Shapiro, Grace Tsao, and Lenore and Richard Wayne (M.2007.211.927a-b)
Source: collections.lacma.org
Crescenzi calendar (between circa 1470 and circa 1475).
Agricultural calendar showing the labours of the months from a manuscript of Pietro Crescenzi.
Wikimedia.
Source: commons.wikimedia.org