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Exhibition Review
Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time: Art, Culture, and Exchange across Medieval Saharan Africa
07/2020 | 1408 | 162
Pages: 606-609
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Rosser-Owen, Mariam (Rosser-Owen, Mariam)
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Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time: Art, Culture, and Exchange across Medieval Saharan Africa Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington 8th April–29th November | :
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6. Detail from the Atlas of Maritime Charts (Catalan Atlas) showing Mansā Mūsā, by Abraham Cresques. 1375. Parchment. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, MS Espagnol 30; exh. Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington).
Non-western art unattributed:
7. Seated figure. c.1300. Copper with traces of arsenic, lead and tin, height 54 cm. (Nigerian National Commission for Museums and Monuments, Abuja, Nigeria; exh. Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington).
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5. Glazed ceramic jar inscribed ‘albaraka’ (‘blessing’), produced at Murcia or Almeria. 1150–1200. (Musée archéologique de Rabat, Morocco; photograph Moroccan- American Project, Sijilmasa, 1988; exh. Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington).
Western art unattributed:
8. Jug with royal arms of England. English, c.1390– 99. Copper alloy, height 62.3 cm. (British Museum, London, England; exh. Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington).
Book Review
Fatimid Art at the Victoria and Albert Museum
07/1999 | 1156 | 141
Pages: 423
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Rogers, J. M. (Rogers, J. M.; Rogers, John Michael; Rogers, Michael)
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Fatimid Art at the Victoria and Albert Museum | author: Contadini, Anna
Short Notice
Recent Museum Acquisitions: Islamic Cut Glass Beaker (Corning Museum of Glass)
07/1968 | 784 | 110
Pages: 405+411
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75. Cut Glass Beaker. Islamic 'Hedwig' Glass. (The Corning Museum of Glass, New York.)
Article
The 'Sacred Blood' of Weissenau
09/1953 | 606 | 95
Pages: 298-301+303
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Erdmann, Kurt (Erdmann, Kurt)
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Non-western art unattributed:
A. Design of a 'Fatima Hand'.
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15. Rock Crystal, Illustrated in Fig.18. Described in Text as 'Front' View. [Rock Crystal 'Sacred Blood' Reliquary. Egyptian, Eleventh Century; Crowning Cross, Sixteenth Century (?); Mounting, Dated 1709. Central Rock Crystal, Height, 15 cm.; Mounting, Height, 28 cm. (Formerly Convent Chapel, Weissenau.)]
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16. Rock Crystal, Illustrated in Fig.18. Described in Text as 'Back' View. [Rock Crystal 'Sacred Blood' Reliquary. Egyptian, Eleventh Century; Crowning Cross, Sixteenth Century (?); Mounting, Dated 1709. Central Rock Crystal, Height, 15 cm.; Mounting, Height, 28 cm. (Formerly Convent Chapel, Weissenau.)]
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17. Rock Crystal Reliquary. Egyptian, Tenth Century; German Mounting of Thirteenth Century. Height, 17 cm. (Formerly (Until 1945) Palace Chapel, Quedlinburg.)
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18. Rock Crystal 'Sacred Blood' Reliquary. Egyptian, Eleventh Century; Crowning Cross, Sixteenth Century (?); Mounting, Dated 1709. Central Rock Crystal, Height, 15 cm.; Mounting, Height, 28 cm. (Formerly Convent Chapel, Weissenau.)
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19. Rock Crystal Reliquary. Egyptian, Eleventh or Early Twelfth Century. Overall Height, 30 cm. (?). (Formerly Chenou Collection, Paris.) (Reproduced from Drawing in Revue de l'Art chrétien, 1884.)
Western art unattributed:
20. Necklace, with Nine Pendants. Hispano-Moresque, Late Fifteenth Century. (Carrand Collection, Bargello, Florence.)
Book Review
The Muslim Architecture of Egypt
09/1952 | 594 | 94
Pages: 270-271
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Runciman, Steven (Runciman, Steven)
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The Muslim Architecture of Egypt, I. Ikhshids and Fatimids | author: Creswell, K. A. C.
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An Unknown Hedwig Glass
09/1949 | 558 | 91
Pages: 244+247-249
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Erdmann, Kurt (Erdmann, Kurt)
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10. Another View of Fig. 7, Showing Eagle.
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11. Another View of Fig. 7, Showing Ornament at the Back.
Non-western art unattributed:
7. Hedwig Glass. Egyptian, Twelfth Century. Height, 141 mm. (Private Collection, Germany.)
Non-western art unattributed:
8. Hedwig Glass. Egyptian, Twelfth Century. Height, 130 mm. (Schlesisches Museum für Kunstgewerbe und Altertümer, Breslau.)
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9. Hedwig Glass. Egyptian, Twelfth Century. Height, 100 mm. (Cathedral Treasury, Minden.)
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A Group of Near Eastern Glasses
09/1942 | 474 | 81
Pages: 212-218
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Charleston, R. J. (Charleston, R. J.; C., R. J.; Charleston, Robert; Charleston, Robert Jesse)
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Non-western art unattributed:
Figure 1. Decoration of Crystal-Glass Beaker [Plate I, A, B].
Non-western art unattributed:
Figure 2. Fragment of a Vessel Or Vessels Resembling the Stockholm Beaker [Plate I, A, B,]
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Figure 3. Motif from a Fragmentary Dish Found at Samarra.
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Figure 4. Motif from a Turquoise-Coloured Bowl in the Treasury of St. Mark's, Venice.
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Figure 5. Detail from the Samarra Dish (Figure 3.)
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Plate I. A-Fragmentary Crystal-Glass Beaker Found at Rayy Or Sara. Maximum Height about 8 cm. (National Museum, Stockholm). A Group of near Eastern Glasses
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Plate I. B-Another Fragment of the Same Beaker as Plate A. A Group of near Eastern Glasses
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Plate I. C-Bottle of Horn-Coloured Glass, Acquired in Persia. Height, 24 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum). A Group of near Eastern Glasses
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Plate I. D-Ewer of Horn-Coloured Glass, Acquired in Persia (Restored). Height, 16.8 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum). A Group of near Eastern Glasses
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate I. E-Another View of the Ewer Shown in Plate I, D, before Restoration. A Group of near Eastern Glasses
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Plate II. A-Aquamarine Glass Bowl, Acquired in Persia. Diameter, 19.5 cm. at Rim. (Victoria and Albert Museum). A Group of near Eastern Glasses
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Plate II. B-Fragment of Glass Bowl, Acquired in Egypt. Height, 11 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum). A Group of near Eastern Glasses
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Plate II. C-Fragment of the Glass Bowl Reproduced in Plate A. A Group of near Eastern Glasses
Short Notice
An Exhibition of Textiles from Cairo
09/1935 | 390 | 67
Pages: 136
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Ashton, Leigh (Ashton, Leigh)
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Two Glass Vessels from Persia
08/1935 | 389 | 67
Pages: 66-67+70-71
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Buckley, Wilfred (Buckley, Wilfred)
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Non-western art unattributed:
Plate I. Glass Ewer from Persia. A-Showing the Fragments; B-The Reconstructed Vessel. Height, 16.8 cm., Two Glass Vessels from Persia
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate I. Two Ewers of Rock Crystal. C-(Louvre, Paris); D-(The Treasury of St. Mark's, Venice). Two Glass Vessels from Persia
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Plate II. Glass Dish from Persia. Diameter, 19.5 cm., Two Glass Vessels from Persia
Short Notice
An Eleventh-Century Oliphant
04/1933 | 361 | 62
Pages: 194-195
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Longhurst, Margaret H. (Longhurst, Margaret H.; Longhurst, M. H.; Longhurst, M.; Longhurst, Margaret)
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Carved Ivory Horn. Mohammedan (Egypt?). Eleventh Century (Captain Plenderleath). Shorter Notices. An Eleventh-Century Oliphant
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