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Lovelorn Majnun in the 'wilderness' is visited by his mother. Idyllic scene of tamed animals and distant castle, children playing, boating on the river. 1590s painting by Sanwala (Or 12208) https://t.co/2IXzK1jtKV #MughalArt
The Ni'matnama contains several recipes for #samosas. Here are some together with Norah Titley's translation and an image of the patron Sultan Ghiyas al-Din Khilji (r.1469-1500) enjoying the results (IO Islamic 149, ca. 1500, Mandu) @Jibunnessa
(6/6) Interested to know your zodiac sign and the #Thai horoscope? Check out our guide! https://t.co/edekkMLknE #BLThai #LunarNewYear (end of thread)
(5/6) The #LunarNewYear is celebrated also in Thailand. This is a #Thai horoscope manual showing folios with predictions for people born in the Year of the Ox (Or 13650). Explore the item here: https://t.co/79M7FFcLbK #BLThai #LunarNewYear
And here our portrait of Muhammad Shah Qajar by Muhammad Hasan Afshar, AH 1263=1847 (Or. 4398, f.2r)
#BLPerMss
Looking back at a 2016 #Christmas blog by our Curator @DerilloEyob with images of Nativity from the @britishlibrary #Ethiopian collection #MerryChristmas Read it here https://t.co/diWPvyK1hs
Music as the food of love. In #Buddhist #Jataka stories the #Burmese #harp or Saung (စောင်းကောက်) is often an instrument of temptation. More at https://t.co/qZzl63jHHh #WorldMusic
It’s a rainy day in London, let’s cheer up with this beautiful #Chinese illustrated poetry album from the 19th century. @britishlibrary #BLChinese Or.11517
The Hindu sacred image and its iconography: read the article in our #DiscoveringSacredTexts resource https://t.co/PpUN9edtsu
And these five #magic #Ethiopian manuscripts are all available online. Take a look, they're amazing!
Add MS 16247 https://t.co/YnMImxm2ng
Or 12034 https://t.co/0TmXQLyT7J
Or 5424 https://t.co/fIBfQpxtPk
Or 11390 https://t.co/RIUNkKBSLf
Or 12859 https://t.co/W739EXYjQv