A Poet Reading. Mughal, ca. 1595-1600
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Thus we all began: Angels (with east Asian features!) bowing to Adam as Iblis/Satan sulks. From Nizami's "Khamsa", c. 1580-85 AD
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So many pages from Nizami's "Khamsa" at the ! Just visited them earlier this week. The detail and color bowl me over 😍
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Lucky you. I must go to New York soon. I miss the
Go before Jan. 13th, if you can, to see #MetArmenia! The khachkars are indescribably beautiful -- and I was surprised & thrilled to learn about the breadth of the Armenian diaspora before the 20th c. & to see so much cultural exchange & hybridity (e.g. bit.ly/2PRxGSo).
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Also (in addition to concerts in December and liturgical singing in early January), they're screening THE COLOR OF POMEGRANATES on Jan. 11! metmuseum.org/events/program

