Illuminated Page, Poetry of Omar Khayyam
This page, and SC 1990:2-22, appear to have been made as a double frontispiece for a manuscript of Omar Khayyam’s scientific treatises.
Bag (khorjin)
This textile is the front part of a khorjin (bag). It was woven for a purely utilitarian purpose – it was designed to help the owner carry objects. It is believed to have been woven in the 19th century in Balochistan, an arid desert and mountainous region that stretches across southeastern …
Bag (khorjin)
This textile is the front part of a khorjin (bag). It is believed to have been woven in the early twentieth century in a rural region at the border between northwestern Iran and Azerbaijan.