Screenings for 'Old to Our Land', the feature-length documentary we produced for the National Museum of Qatar, saw a fantastic public turnout and additional screenings will be held between 26th and 28th of February. Details to be announced soon.
Happy Pisces season! In Islamic art, Pisces is frequently drawn with its Planetary lord, Jupiter; here a wise man riding the fish
Abu Ma’shar says Pisces are good-natured and are a mix of amusing and serious, fall in love frequently, and are prone to wander and become enchanted
Was ist ein #Museum? Mit über 92 Prozent Zustimmung hat der Internationale Museumsrat #ICOM heute eine neue Definition beschlossen.
https://t.co/iWcdmyq0YD @IcomOfficiel
The beauty of doing extensive work for @OxUniPress is that - at a sudden, happy stroke - you're physically surrounded by the printed, brilliant thoughts of so many great colleagues, such as @MeganEatonRobb, @fitzmorrissey, @pippavirdee, @AzmiBishara, @pmandaville, @JBPrestel, the
İstanbul'un tarihte ilk kez alınmış film kaydı 3 Nisan 1897 tarihine ait. Alexandre Promio isimli kameramanın yaptığı çekimler Lumière Kataloğu'nda bulunuyor.
Kültekin ve Bilge Kağan’ın babası İlteriş Kutluğ Kağan’ın anıt kompleksi ve yazıtı bulundu.
Böylece Türk kelimesinin geçtiği ilk yazıt değişti. Türk dili ve kültürüne dair önemli gelişmeler de yaşanacak -biraz da etimoloji alanında. Kutlu olsun. 🌿
İlteriş Kağan'ın külliyesi ile yazıtının keşfedildiğini büyük sevinçle öğrendik
Bir güzel haber de bizden; büyük devlet adamı Tonyukuk’un abidelerini doğa şartlarına karşı korumak ve çağdaş müzecilik anlayışıyla sergileyebilmek için ihalemizi gerçekleştirdik projemize başlıyoruz
One of the first artefacts on display is this brass bottle from the Ayyubid dynasty. It represents the typical form of Ayyubid metalwork.
The inscription reads:
‘Glory and prosperity, forever and eternity to you O great lord’
The Topkapı scroll : geometry and ornament in Islamic architecture : Topkapı Palace Museum Library MS H. 1956
Gülru Necipoğlu; Mohammad Al-Asad
PUB: Getty Publications
Our '14 Dynasties and A Region' special exhibition highlights selected artefacts produced in the Muslim world starting from the first century of Islam (the 7th to 8th centuries) up until the dawn of the modern era (18th and 19th centuries). Let's look at 3 artefacts featured!