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Flooded Egyptian countryside

Date: 1918
Publication Date: 1918
Publication Place: American University in Cairo
Subject: Floods--Nile River. | more | less
Language: French
Type: Picture
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Studio portrait

Date: 1930-1970
Publication Date: 1930-1970
Publication Place: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Subject: Family ties | Commemorations | Posing | Couples | Gender norms | Family | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: Picture
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Qasr Anjar

Date: 714-715
Publication Date: 714-715
Publication Place: American University in Cairo
Subject: Architecture, Umayyad | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: Picture
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pocket pocket

Date: 19. yüzyıl
Publication Date: 19. yüzyıl
Publication Place: Sakip Sabanci Museum
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Language: Undetermined
Type: Other
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Greek Manuscripts 1754. On the Four Sciences.

Date: 1500
Publication Date: 1500
Publication Place: Library of Congress
Subject: illumination of books and manuscripts | manuscripts | more | less
Language: Greek (Ancient)
Type: Book
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Three Angels

Date: 1121 AH/AD 1717 (Ottoman)
Publication Date: 1121 AH/AD 1717 (Ottoman)
Publication Place: The Walters Art Museum
Subject: Culture: Islamic | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: Book
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Masjid al-Amir Qurqumas al-Sayfi (Amir Kabir)

Author: Collector: Creswell, K. A. C. (Keppel Archibald Cameron), 1879-1974
Date: Early 20th Century
Publication Date: Early 20th Century
Publication Place: American University in Cairo
Subject: Mosque | Islamic Mamluk Architecture | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: Picture
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Scarab Amulet

Date: 1330-1213 BCE (New Kingdom, Dynasty 18)
Publication Date: 1330-1213 BCE (New Kingdom, Dynasty 18)
Publication Place: The Walters Art Museum
Subject: Culture: Egyptian | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: Other
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Fragments of male worshiper H. 6 in.

Date: -2600 - -2500 | ca. 2600–2500 B.C.
Publication Date: -2600 - -2500 | ca. 2600–2500 B.C.
Publication Place: Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Type: Book
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Untitled

Date: 9th century - 8th century BCE
Publication Date: 9th century - 8th century BCE
Publication Place: Penn Museum
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Language: Undetermined
Type: Other
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Diary entry by Gertrude Bell

Author: Bell, Gertrude Margaret Lowthian
Date: 1905-04-16
Publication Date: 1905-04-16
Publication Place: Newcastle University
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Language: English
Type: Book
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Lady of the palace

Author: Director: Ḥabshī, Samīr
Date: 1901 - 2000
Publication Date: 1901 - 2000
Publication Place: Princeton University Library
Subject: Posters | more | less
Language: Arabic
Type: Book
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File 334/1916 Pt 1 ‘German War – Persia. Shiraz Prisoners – Major O’Connor’

Author: Foreign Office (correspondent) | HM Ambassador to Iran (correspondent) | Political Resident, Persian Gulf (correspondent) | Government of India, Foreign and Political Department (correspondent)
Date: 1915/1916
Publication Date: 1915/1916
Publication Place: Qatar National Library
Subject: First World War (1914-1918) | Imprisonment | more | less
Language: eng,fra
Type: Book
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Siri, Western Hair Palace

Author: (Ifpo), French Institute of the Middle East
Date: 1937
Publication Date: 1937
Publication Place: HAL CCSD
Subject: Tadmur District | Archaeology | Syria | Homs Gouvernorate | Umayyad period | Roman period | Byzantine period | more | less
Language: English
Type: Picture
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Date: 6700-5000 BCE
Publication Date: 6700-5000 BCE
Publication Place: Penn Museum
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Language: Undetermined
Type: Other
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Al Aroussa No.149 Vol.3 1927

Date: 1927-12-07
Publication Date: 1927-12-07
Publication Place: al-Qāhirah: Dār al-Laṭāʼif al-Muṣawwarah, 1925-
Subject: Arabic literature -- Egypt -- Periodicals | Women -- Periodicals. Comic books, strips, etc. -- Egypt -- Periodicals. | more | less
Language: Arabic
Type: Book
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Date: 1307-1196 BCE
Publication Date: 1307-1196 BCE
Publication Place: Penn Museum
Subject: Ptah,Nefertem | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: Other
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Untitled

Date: 1300-1200 BCE
Publication Date: 1300-1200 BCE
Publication Place: Penn Museum
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Language: Undetermined
Type: Other
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Date: 1470-1300 BCE
Publication Date: 1470-1300 BCE
Publication Place: Penn Museum
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Language: Undetermined
Type: Other
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Letter T-S 16.272

Date: 1180 CE
Publication Date: 1180 CE
Publication Place: Cambridge University Library
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Language: Judeo-Arabic
Type: Book
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Tanweer Al Hawalak | Explanation of Muwatta Malik; It is followed by the book Isaf Al-Muwatta’ with Rijal Al-Muwatta | Written by Imam Jalal al-Din Abd al-Rahman al-Suyuti al-Shafi’i. In order to fully benefit from it, we have placed the text of Al-Muwatta separated according to the aforementioned explanation, in a complete form, at the top of each page, separating it from the explanation with a table.

Author: Al-Suyuti, 1445-1505, author | Al-Suyuti, 1445-1505. Al-Muwatta Ambulance with the men of Al-Muwatta | Malik bin Anas, -795. Al-Muwatta
Date: 1924
Publication Date: 1924
Publication Place: Egypt: Dar Ihya al-Kutub al-Arabi, 1343 AH, 1924? M.
Subject: Malik bin Anas, | -795 | Al-Muwatta | Islamic jurisprudence | Old works up to 1800 | Hadith | Malik ibn Anas, | Islamic law | Hadith | more | less
Language: Arabic
Type: Book
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[Quran].

Author: The Qur'an
Date: [between 700 and 799]
Publication Date: [between 700 and 799]
Publication Place: McGill University
Subject: Calligraphy | Specimens. | History. | Qurʼan | more | less
Language: Arabic
Type: Book
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Date: 1900-1600 BCE
Publication Date: 1900-1600 BCE
Publication Place: Penn Museum
Subject:
Language: Sumerian
Type: Book
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Syrie du Nord, Jebel Sem'an, Taqla

Author: (Ifpo), French Institute of the Middle East
Date: 1940
Publication Date: 1940
Publication Place: HAL CCSD
Subject: Byzantine period | Ancient villages of Northern Syria | Dead Cities | Limestone Massif of Northern Syria | Mount Simeon | Aleppo Governorate | Syria | Archaeology | more | less
Language: English
Type: Picture
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Appliqué of Ptolemy I as Dionysus

Date: 3rd century BCE (Ptolemaic)
Publication Date: 3rd century BCE (Ptolemaic)
Publication Place: The Walters Art Museum
Subject: Culture: Egyptian | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: Other
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Armenian massacre victims laid out in the Armenian Gregorian Cemetery, Erzurum, Turkey, 1895

Author: Sachtleben, William Lewis
Date: November 1, 1895-November 2, 1895
Publication Date: November 1, 1895-November 2, 1895
Publication Place: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Subject: Cemeteries--Turkey--Erzurum | Dead persons--Turkey--Erzurum | Armenia--History--1801-1900 | Armenian massacres, 1894-1896--Turkey--Erzurum | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: Picture
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Untitled

Date: 1100-1000 BCE
Publication Date: 1100-1000 BCE
Publication Place: Penn Museum
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Language: Undetermined
Type: Other
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"Monuments of Egypt and Nubia"

Author: Author: Champollion, Jean-François, 1790-1832
Date: 1889 | 1844
Publication Date: 1889 | 1844
Publication Place: Bodleian Libraries
Subject: Egypt--Antiquities | Nubia--Antiquities | more | less
Language: French
Type: Book
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Liturgy 109.39

Date: 6th-19th century
Publication Date: 6th-19th century
Publication Place: Cambridge University Library
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Language: Hebrew
Type: Book
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Untitled

Date: 300-499 CE
Publication Date: 300-499 CE
Publication Place: Penn Museum
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Language: Undetermined
Type: Other
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Untitled

Date: 2100-2000 BCE
Publication Date: 2100-2000 BCE
Publication Place: Penn Museum
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Language: Sumerian
Type: Book
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Northern Syria, Jebel al-A'la, Qalb Lozé

Author: (Ifpo), French Institute of the Middle East
Date: 1939
Publication Date: 1939
Publication Place: HAL CCSD
Subject: Qalb Loze | Syria | Idlib Governorate | Mount Aʻlā | Byzantine period | Dead Cities | Limestone Massif of Northern Syria | Ancient villages of Northern Syria | Archaeology | more | less
Language: English
Type: Picture
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Syria, Idlib governorate, Jisr al-Choghour district, Jisr al-Choghour, vertical aerial view

Author: (Ifpo), French Institute of the Middle East | of the Levant, Army
Date: 1935-06-20
Publication Date: 1935-06-20
Publication Place: HAL CCSD
Subject: Farmland | Orontes | Jisr al-Shughur | Syria | Ǧisr aš-Šuġūr | Aerial photographs | Jisr al-Shughur District | Idlib Governorate | Aerial photography | Archaeology | Vertical aerial photography | more | less
Language: English
Type: Picture
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Mosser's legal document VII.9.6

Date: 12th century
Publication Date: 12th century
Publication Place: Cambridge University Library
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Language: heb,jrb
Type: Book
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Untitled

Date: 2100-2000 BCE
Publication Date: 2100-2000 BCE
Publication Place: Penn Museum
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Language: Sumerian
Type: Book
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Main Title: Shahnama (Chester Beatty Library, Persian 277) | Image Title: Per 114, folio 38a; Defeat of the Iranians at the Battle of Ladan 10898461

Author: Firdawsi, b. 940-941/329-330 AH; d. 1020-1021/411 AH, Iranian (Author)
Date: 1580 | 1600 | Late 16th cent.
Publication Date: 1580 | 1600 | Late 16th cent.
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: miniatures (paintings) | epic poetry | battles | kings and rulers | heroes | divs | demons | marginal illustrations | wild animals | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: Book
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Date: 925-720 BCE
Publication Date: 925-720 BCE
Publication Place: Penn Museum
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Language: Undetermined
Type: Other
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Sermon (?) 157.145

Date: 6th-19th century
Publication Date: 6th-19th century
Publication Place: Cambridge University Library
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Language: Judeo-Arabic
Type: Book
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Date: 300-499 CE
Publication Date: 300-499 CE
Publication Place: Penn Museum
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Language: Undetermined
Type: Other
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Main Title: Muraqqa Gulshan, dispersed (Nelson-Atkins, 48-12/2) | Image Title: Calligraphy page, side B (border detail) 18552325

Author: Farrukh Khurd Chela, Indian (Artist)
Date: 1575 | 1600 | late 16th century
Publication Date: 1575 | 1600 | late 16th century
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: miniatures (paintings) | borders (ornamental areas) | nasta'liq | calligraphy | Islamic art | animals | hunting | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: Picture
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North Africa or Barbary

Author: Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) (المنشئ)
Date: Date Issued: Jan. 1st, 1853
Publication Date: Date Issued: Jan. 1st, 1853
Publication Place: George Cox
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Language: English
Type: Picture
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Date: 1400-1100 BCE
Publication Date: 1400-1100 BCE
Publication Place: Penn Museum
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Language: Undetermined
Type: Book
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Genizah Fragment Or.1080 J237

Date: 6th-19th century
Publication Date: 6th-19th century
Publication Place: Cambridge University Library
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Language: Undetermined
Type: Book
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Commentary T-S Ar.18(1).91

Date: 6th-19th century
Publication Date: 6th-19th century
Publication Place: Cambridge University Library
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Language: arc,heb,jrb
Type: Book
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Lexicography T-S Ar.28.61

Date: 6th-19th century
Publication Date: 6th-19th century
Publication Place: Cambridge University Library
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Language: heb,jrb
Type: Book
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Piyyuṭ; unidentified 133.97

Date: 6th-19th century
Publication Date: 6th-19th century
Publication Place: Cambridge University Library
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Language: ara,heb
Type: Book
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Date: 1539-1292 BCE
Publication Date: 1539-1292 BCE
Publication Place: Penn Museum
Subject: Cartouche,Aten | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: Other
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Genizah Fragment T-S Ar.6.28

Date: 6th-19th century
Publication Date: 6th-19th century
Publication Place: Cambridge University Library
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Language: Undetermined
Type: Book
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Date: 1400-1100 BCE
Publication Date: 1400-1100 BCE
Publication Place: Penn Museum
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Language: Akkadian
Type: Book
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Upper view of Bab al-Futuh (rear)

Author: Collector: Creswell, K. A. C. (Keppel Archibald Cameron), 1879-1974
Date: ca. late 19th century or early 20th century
Publication Date: ca. late 19th century or early 20th century
Publication Place: American University in Cairo
Subject: Architecture, Fatimid | Fortification | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: Picture
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civil

Date: 1913
Publication Date: 1913
Publication Place: American University in Cairo
Subject: Architecture, Islamic | Sabil-kuttab of Muhammad 'Ali | Egypt--Social life and customs--20th century. | more | less
Language: French
Type: Picture
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Portrait

Author: Fouad el Khoury
Date: 1920-1931
Publication Date: 1920-1931
Publication Place: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Subject: Posing | Nature | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: Picture
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Date: 1400-1000 BCE
Publication Date: 1400-1000 BCE
Publication Place: Penn Museum
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Language: Undetermined
Type: Book
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Lake Geneva Tour

Date: [n.d.: 1922]
Publication Date: [n.d.: 1922]
Publication Place: American University in Cairo
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Language: French
Type: Picture
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Liturgy T-S NS 157.170

Date: 6th-19th century
Publication Date: 6th-19th century
Publication Place: Cambridge University Library
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Language: Hebrew
Type: Book
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Calendrical 144.67

Date: 6th-19th century
Publication Date: 6th-19th century
Publication Place: Cambridge University Library
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Language: Judeo-Arabic
Type: Book
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Medical T-S Ar.44.77

Date: 6th-19th century
Publication Date: 6th-19th century
Publication Place: Cambridge University Library
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Language: Judeo-Arabic
Type: Book
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Greek Manuscripts 195. Four Gospels.

Date: 1300
Publication Date: 1300
Publication Place: Library of Congress
Subject: illumination of books and manuscripts | manuscripts | more | less
Language: Greek (Ancient)
Type: Book
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Syria, Homs governorate, al-Qaryatayn canton, Qasr el-Heir el-Gharbi, oblique aerial view

Author: (Ifpo), French Institute of the Middle East | of the Levant, Army
Date: 1936-04
Publication Date: 1936-04
Publication Place: HAL CCSD
Subject: Homs Governorate | Oblique aerial photography | Aerial photography | Aerial photographs | Archeology | Qasr al-Hayr al-West | Kasr el-Heir | Qasr al-Hayr al-Jarby | Carriages | Caratin | Chariain | Al-Qaryatayn subdistrict | Syria | Homs District | more | less
Language: English
Type: Picture
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Date: 626-539 BCE
Publication Date: 626-539 BCE
Publication Place: Penn Museum
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Language: Akkadian
Type: Book
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Main Title: Folio from a Shahnama; recto: Ardashir slays Haftwad; verso: The story of slaying of Haftwad's worm (Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, S1986.247) | Image Title: General view 22350259

Author: Firdawsi, b. 940-941/329-330 AH; d. 1020-1021/411 AH, Iranian (Author)
Date: 1580 | c. 1580
Publication Date: 1580 | c. 1580
Publication Place: Harvard University Library
Subject: miniatures (paintings) | painted manuscripts | illuminations | epics | fables | kings and rulers | battles | more | less
Language: Undetermined
Type: Book
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