Past Exhibition
Wonders of Creation: Art, Science, and Innovation in the Islamic World
Dates: 9/7/2024 - 1/5/2025
Venue: SDMA, San Diego
About the Exhibition
Featured Artworks
Manuscripts
Folio 1 from a Partial Manuscript of the Qur'an: pasted on paper and invisible (recto), Sura 1 and Sura 2: 1-6 (verso)
Unknown Artist, 18th-19th century
Ink and color on paper
18th-19th centuryManuscripts
Fineleaf Fumitory Folio from a manuscript of Khawass al-ashjar (De materia medica) by Dioscorides
Unknown Artist, 13th century
Ink and opaque watercolor on paper
13th centuryPersianManuscripts
Illustrated Manuscript of Tarjama-i Tarikh-i Yangi Dunya (Translation of the History of the New World)
Unknown Artist, 1805
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper, with lacquer binding
19th centuryOttomanManuscripts
Partial Manuscript of the Qur'an
Unknown Artist, 18th-19th century
Ink and color on paper, with leather binding and travelling case
18th-19th centuryAfricanManuscripts
Manuscript of the 'Aja'ib al-makhluqat (Wonders of Creation) of Qazwini, with 253 paintings
Unknown Artist, c. 1650-1700
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper, modern binding
17th centuryIndianManuscripts
Merman (painting, recto), Anteater (painting, verso), folio 26 from Illustrated Manuscript of Tarjama-i Tarikh-i Yangi Dunya (Translation of the History of the New World)
Unknown Artist, 1805
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
19th centuryOttomanManuscripts
Jaguar (painting, verso), Text (recto), folio 85 from Illustrated Manuscript of Tarjama-i Tarikh-i Yangi Dunya (Translation of the History of the New World)
Unknown Artist, 1805
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
19th centuryOttomanManuscripts
Horse (painting, recto), Wildcat (painting, verso), folio 86 from Illustrated Manuscript of Tarjama-i Tarikh-i Yangi Dunya (Translation of the History of the New World)
Unknown Artist, 1805
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
19th centuryOttomanManuscripts
Text (recto), Text (verso), folio 25 from Illustrated Manuscript of Tarjama-i Tarikh-i Yangi Dunya (Translation of the History of the New World)
Unknown Artist, 1805
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
19th centuryOttomanExhibition Details
Order
4962
Exhibition ID
6361
Status
Location
SDMA
San Diego
CA
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