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Online Gallery: Sacred Texts: Picturing the Prophet URL: http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/sacredtexts/nizami.html Description: "This is an unusual example of the Prophet Muhammad pictured in an Islamic manuscript. It comes from a royal miniature made to illustrate a copy of the poems of the celebrated Persian Nizami, and depicts the Prophet's ascension to heaven on the horse Buraq." See a zoomable image of this illustration, which was created in the 16th century, and brief background material about the illustration. From the British Library. LII Topics: Faiths, Islam, Manuscripts, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts Publisher: The British Library Board Extra Keywords isra al mi'aj Mohammad LII Database Information: Record 24340 created by Maria Brandt on 08/20/2007 Last modification on 08/27/2007 Published: 08/29/2007 Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24340 |
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