EditorialArk (Torah shrine) curtain from Persia. Designed like a Moslem prayer rug, floral decorations, Star of David, Bible quotations. Embroidery on hand-quilted cotton, 114 x 76 cm.
EditorialSIR CHARLES EUAN-SMITH'S MISSION TO THE COURT OF MOROCCO: THE RUINS OF VOLUBILIS, NEAR FEZ; These ruins are about 20 miles from Fez, and consist of the remains of a large Triumphal Arch, the Forum, and quantity of walls. Between the remaining portions ...
EditorialMoslem potter to Lovec, Potter in L?wetsch or L?vech (Bulgaria), Fig. 48, p. 20, 1879, F. Kanitz: Donau-Bulgarien und der Balkan: historisch-geographisch-ethnographische Reisestudien aus den Jahren 1860-1879. Leipzig: Verlagsbuchhandlung von Hermann Fr...
EditorialThe expedition of French and English knights to Tunisia, on the coast of Africa, in 1390 to fight moslem pirates at the request of the Genoese. Handcoloured lithograph after an illuminated manuscript from Sir John Froissart's "Chronicles of England, Fr...
EditorialSIR CHARLES EUAN-SMITH'S MISSION TO THE COURT OF MOROCCO: THE RUINS OF VOLUBILIS, NEAR FEZ; These ruins are about 20 miles from Fez, and consist of the remains of a large Triumphal Arch, the Forum, and quantity of walls. Between the remaining portions ...
EditorialMizrach (" East"), a decoration hung on the walls of synagogue or home to indicate the direction of prayer, i. e. facing east towards Jerusalem. Designed and coloured like a Moslem prayer rug, this mizrach is from North Africa. Watercolour, 6...