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Garden of Eden in al-Naysaburi’s ‘Stories of the Prophets’, Iran, 16th century. Currently on view in #EpicIran https://t.co/TTmvm3p3RE
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The Hindu sacred image and its iconography: read the article in our #DiscoveringSacredTexts resource https://t.co/PpUN9edtsu
What a way to get around! Our pick for #CURATORBATTLE #TremendousTransport comes from al-Qazwīnī’s ʻAjāʼib al-makhlūqāt (‘Wonders of creation') 🤩
Newly #digitised and soon to be fully online:
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Storms ahead today! When the people of ʻAd rejected the prophet Hud's message, God punished them by sending a wind which threw them up and dashed them to the ground #DiscoveringSacredTexts https://t.co/TTmvm3p3RE #BLPerMss #QisasulAnbiya #LivesoftheProphets
The Qiṣaṣ al-anbiyāʼ (stories of the prophets) by al-Naysābūrī features prophets common to Qur'anic and biblical traditions. Some familiar stories here in this 16th century copy (Add MS 18576). More at
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#MondayMotivation from @britishlibrary #Chinese manuscript Add 11746: Heart Sūtra and Diamond Sūtra with illustrations on fig leaves. Read about the item here: https://t.co/xEIqziiyI6 #DiscoveringSacredTexts
This is a new one for me - beautiful illustrations painted on fig leaves.
These two manuscripts will soon be digitised as part of the #DiscoveringSacredTexts project @BL_MadeDigital
Or 8855 & Add ms 11746
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