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Maqamat of al-Hariri

Vienna manuscript of 1334

Title page with an enthroned prince

A larger image of Title page with an enthroned prince, from Maqamat of al-Hariri Vienna manuscript of 1334

Source. Held by the Austrian National Library

22. Frontispiece of a court scene from a Maqāmāt manuscript, probably from Egypt, dated 1334. The enthroned prince wears a brocaded qabāʾ maftūh, with inscribed ṭirāz armbands over a qabāʾ turki which is cinched at the waist with a hiyāsa of gold roundels bawākir). The two musicians at the lower right both wear turkic coats and plumed caps, one of which has an upwardly turned brim. The plumes are set in a front metal plaque (ʿamūd) (Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, ms A. F. 9, fol. 1).
Source: Fig. 22, Arab Dress. From the dawn of Islam to Modern times by Smirna Si

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