Tag Archives: Middle East
serendipitous tree woman
Woman with a large bundle (of brush?) on her head, photographer and date unknown I thought I stumbled across this image at the annex for the Dirty Beloved photo blog — but now I cannot find it there. In any … more…
Posted in libraries, photography
Tagged Dirty Beloved, libraries, Library of Congress, Matson collection, Middle East, photography, stereograph
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Dish with epigraphic decoration
Musée du Louvre This dish is one of the finest examples of the group of objects with essentially epigraphic decoration, produced from the tenth century onward in western Iran. The text is an adage: “Science (or magnanimity) are bitter-tasting at … more…
Posted in Cultural, poetry, Science and Technology
Tagged calligraphy, ceramics, Islam, Middle East, poetry, science
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