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Pagans in front of an idol
(الوثنيين أمام صنم)

Title	Pagans in front of an idol
Title Original	الوثنيين أمام صنم
Publication Date:	Approximately 960 AH / approximately 1550 AD
Publication Place	Iran, Tabriz or Qasvin - David Collection, Copenhagen, Denmark
Subject	Safavid
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	Inv.no. 79/2006
Record ID	object;EPM;dn;Mus21;42;ar
Library Location	David Collection, Copenhagen, Denmark
Date	Approximately 960 AH / approximately 1550 AD
Notes	The Valanama is a kind of divination book which is referred to arbitrarily. In front of each painting there is an explanatory text. For the museum style, the text is an unusual painting located in the Los Angeles County Museum. It explains that the scene was depicted in the Temple of Azure (the Azure Temple) and that the omens associated with the miniature are very pessimistic.
Sample Text	"Pagans in front of an idol" within Discover the collections of Islamic art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;dn;Mus21;42;ar
Bu sayfanın künyesi	MWNF Working Number: DN 42

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Pagans in front of an idol

(الوثنيين أمام صنم)

Publication Date Approximately 960 AH / approximately 1550 AD

Publication Place Iran, Tabriz or Qasvin - David Collection, Copenhagen, Denmark

Subject Safavid

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID Inv.no. 79/2006

Record ID object;EPM;dn;Mus21;42;ar

Library Location David Collection, Copenhagen, Denmark

Date Approximately 960 AH / approximately 1550 AD

Notes The Valanama is a kind of divination book which is referred to arbitrarily. In front of each painting there is an explanatory text. For the museum style, the text is an unusual painting located in the Los Angeles County Museum. It explains that the scene was depicted in the Temple of Azure (the Azure Temple) and that the omens associated with the miniature are very pessimistic.

Sample Text "Pagans in front of an idol" within Discover the collections of Islamic art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;dn;Mus21;42;ar

Bu sayfanın künyesi MWNF Working Number: DN 42