Falnama- The Book of Omens
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Erhard Schön - Men of war, Turkish Soldier on a Dromedary, c. 1530, Woodcut
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The Great Goddess Durga Slaying The Buffalo Demon
c. 1750
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Indian miniature, Akbar period, 1600-1605
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Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1558
"What I aim for I can never hit, I'm always pissing against the moon"
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Max Klinger, Der pinkelden Tod (Death Pissing), ca. 1880
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Adam and Eve and Satan, from The Hours of Jean de Montauban, France, ca.1430
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Adam and Eve from the Beatus Escoria, by Beatus of Liébana, monastery at San Millán de la Cogolla, Spain, 10th cen
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Adam and Eve from the Codex Aemilianensis (ca. 990-995 CE), Real Biblioteca del monasterio de El Escorial
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Expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden.
Safavid period Iran, ca.1550 CE. Opaque watercolor, ink & gold on paper
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Aqa Mirak, Safavid Iran, 1530s: "Two Princes in Love"
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Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209); recto: Iskandar (Alexander) in the enchanted garden, Safavid period, circa 1560
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A pair of thorgam doors, Tibet, 18th-19th century. Wood
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Illustration of peacock fountain, from a 14th-c edition of Al-Jazari’s Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices
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A Sun-bearing Peri Rides a Composite Lion
Mughal, Kashmir
Probably third quarter of the 18th century
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From a 17th/18th c. copy of Marvels of Things Created and Miraculous Aspects of Things Existing by Abu Yahya al-Qazwini (ca. 1203-1283 CE),
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A Composite Ram. created in Kota, Rajasthan, India, ca. 1750.
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