[meteorite-list] Meteorite miniatures

[Matthias Bärmann]

Hello all,

as far as I know the iconological context of this scene is the destruction
of all idols which Mohammed found at this place, the Kaaba. Idol (eidolon)
means: image in the sense of portrayal. The Black Stone, Haschr al-Aswad
(Hi, Svend ;-), in contrary, was not an idol, it was an  i c o n : not
imitation:  representation, or better: realisation.

In the case of the 14th cent. miniature from the JĀMEʿ al-TAWĀRIḴ:   the
depiction of the Prophet isn't such unusual, Martin, as it is Persian art -
in medieval times far more liberal and free as, alas!, today.

The carpet on the early miniature from the JĀMEʿ al-TAWĀRIḴ with this
typical synthesis of plantal and geometrical ornaments, carrying the Black
Stone, seems to be a work of the Silk Road, most probably region of Kashgar.

Best Regards,

Matthias

----- Original Message ----- 
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> Here the same scene from the Siyer-i-Nebi,
> in the manuscript ordered by Ottoman Murad III.  1595.
> (Volumes in Topkapi museum, New York & Dublin).
>
> http://kuerzer.de/siyer
>
> Best!
> Martin
>
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> BTW: This painting is called 'Mohammed at the Kaaba'
>> It's a painting from the History of the World  (JĀMEʿ al-TAWĀRIḴ)
>> by Rašid-al-Din from Tabriz, Persia
>> from the Edinburgh manuscript, which is dated at 1307.
>>
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