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The three kings bring offerings to the infant Jesus. Engraving by N. Dorigny after C. Maratta.

An Arab sheikh smoking a hooka attended by his pipe-bearer. Coloured lithograph by Saint Germain, c. 1850, after E. Prisse.

Two Arab men standing outdoors to converse and smoke. Coloured lithograph by C. Bour, c. 1870, after E. Prisse.

French savants huddled together at the top of a column, while a band of Bedouin Arabs set fire to it below; exaggerating the troubled experience of the 'Commission des Sciences et des Arts' during Napoleon's invasion of Egypt. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1799.

People eating and drinking before a tapestry; representing the sense of taste. Engraving by A. Bosse after himself, c. 1650.

An Arab man in North Africa carrying a bow in his hand and he has a quiver of arrows on his back. Woodcut after C. Vecellio.

xxiii, 628 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Byzantium and the Arabs in the fourth century / Irfan Shahîd.

Janus (Amsterdam, Netherlands).

Ablutions et bains chez les Sémites / par le Dr. Beugnies.

<p>The text from Isaiah ("And nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising") is compared with the story from Matthew 2.2 about the kings following the star to Bethlehem. Light emanates from the finger of the Christ child. The kings all hold vases; a crown and a sceptre lie on the ground. One king looks Arabian. A broken wooden roof joins with a large pillar</p>

1 print : line engraving with etching ; platemark 55.5 x 33.1 cm

8 volumes : facsimiles, geneological tables, map ; 25 cm

Nafḥ al-ṭīb min ghuṣn al-Andalus al-raṭīb / taʼlīf al-shaykh Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Maqqarī al-Tilimsānī, ḥaqqaqahu al-duktūr Iḥsān ʻAbbās.

<p>"This is issue 1 of our printed zine, which covers the theme of 'family'. It was launched at Dardishi Festival 2019’s opening night. All issues of our zine exclusively feature art and writing by Arab and North African womxn. The publication design of this zine was produced by Dardishi Festival 2019’s Designer in Residence Bayan Dahdah. All proceeds go towards paying the artists, filmmakers, workshop leaders and performers who make Dardishi Festival what it is!"--From website. <a href="https://www.dardishi.com/shop/dardishi-zine-issue-1">https://www.dardishi.com/shop/dardishi-zine-issue-1</a></p>

Dardishi

1 volume (unnumbered pages) : colour illustrations ; 21 cm

Dardishi : issue 01.

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Byzantium and the Arabs in the fourth century / Irfan Shahîd.

Ablutions et bains chez les Sémites / par le Dr. Beugnies.

The three kings bring offerings to the infant Jesus. Engraving by N. Dorigny after C. Maratta.

Nafḥ al-ṭīb min ghuṣn al-Andalus al-raṭīb / taʼlīf al-shaykh Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Maqqarī al-Tilimsānī, ḥaqqaqahu al-duktūr Iḥsān ʻAbbās.

Dardishi : issue 01.

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Arabs

Images

Catalogue

Byzantium and the Arabs in the fourth century / Irfan Shahîd.

Ablutions et bains chez les Sémites / par le Dr. Beugnies.

The three kings bring offerings to the infant Jesus. Engraving by N. Dorigny after C. Maratta.

Nafḥ al-ṭīb min ghuṣn al-Andalus al-raṭīb / taʼlīf al-shaykh Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Maqqarī al-Tilimsānī, ḥaqqaqahu al-duktūr Iḥsān ʻAbbās.

Dardishi : issue 01.

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