The Art of Illuminating Manuscripts

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Monasteries in Tibet and India safeguard highly valuable illuminated manuscripts of sacred texts from Buddhist and Hindu traditions. Me from rural and courtly life with scenes characteristic of certain months in the year (sowing, harvesting, etc). A Greek manuscript from the 14th century, entirely executed in the Byzantine style, describes scenes from the Life of … Read more

Omar Khayyam

Omar Khayyam (Abul-fath Omar ibn Ibrahim Khayyam) is a famous Persian scientist, philosopher, and poet. He was born in 1048 in the city of Nishapur, in the Persian province of Khorasan, one of the cultural centers of the East at that time, where he also died at the age of 83. The Islamic world was … Read more