Some entity called “Islamic culture”? A myth. “Christian culture”? Ditto. The medieval cult of the saints, polytheistic to the core, is as good an example of Christian “monotheism” as any. Papal ...

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — An emerald inscribed for a Mughal emperor. A Safavid-period knotted wool carpet. An Ottoman-era curtain, intricately embroidered with metal threads, which was part of the covering ...

This April, Christie’s London will present the live auction Art of the Islamic and Indian Words including Rugs and Carpets. Leading the sale is an extensively illustrated and illuminated copy of the ...

The most expensive of work of Islamic art ever sold was a carpet. At around nine feet long, it was made for the throne dais of the Shah of Iran in the early 17th century. At Sotheby’s in New York in ...

Latest issue consulted: Issue 156 (summer 2008). Issues for spring 1978-Jan./Feb. 1996 called v. 1-17 no. 6; for Mar./Apr. 1996- called Issue 85- Issues for - called also - Has supplement: Hali ...