EditorialEgypt. Saqqara. Mastaba of Ptahhotep and Akhethotep. 5th Dynasty. Old Kingdom. Egyptian viziers. Father and son. Polychrome relief depicting slaves bearing offerings to the offering table.
EditorialEgypt. Saqqara. Mastaba of Ptahhotep and Akhethotep. 5th Dynasty. Old Kingdom. Egyptian viziers. Father and son. Polychrome relief depicting women carrying offerings.
EditorialSpain. Granada. The Palace of the Generalife. 12th-14th century. Muslim Oratory of the viziers. In the background, the Albaicin and the Sacromonte.
EditorialEgypt. Mastaba of Ptahhotep and Akhethotep. 5th Dynasty. Old Kingdom. Egyptian viziers. Father and son. Relief depicting the deceased Ptahhotep seated before an offering table and standing with a scepter.
EditorialSpain. Granada. The Palace of the Generalife. 12th-14th century. Muslim Oratory of the viziers. In the background, the Albaicin and the Sacromonte.
EditorialThe Grand Viziers audience with ambassadors. The Vizier treats his guests to a feast while musicians from the seraglio play military music. La sala dudienza del Gran Visir agli ambasciatori. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico after Giulio Fer...
EditorialEgypt. Saqqara. Mastaba of Ptahhotep and Akhethotep. 5th Dynasty. Old Kingdom. Egyptian viziers. Father and son. Relief where the deceased is depicted standing with cane.
EditorialMastaba of Ptahhotep and Akhethotep. 5th Dynasty. Old Kingdom. Egyptian viziers. Father and son. Relief depicting the transport of offerings to the Hereafter. Saqqara. Egypt.
EditorialMastaba of Ptahhotep and Akhethotep. Egyptian viziers. Father and son. Relief depicting servers carrying the funerary food of Ptahhotep. West wall. Saqqara. Egypt.
EditorialIslamic Art. Umayyad period. Spain. 10th century. Medina Azahara (936-960). Palace city of the Caliph Abd al-Rahman III. House of Viziers. Andalusia.
EditorialSpain. Caliphate of Cordoba. Umayyad. Great Mosque of Cordoba. 8th century. Built in 780 by Abd ar-Ramhan I (756-188). Entrance in the western wall. Bat Al-Wuzara (Gate of the Viziers) or St. Stephen's Gate.
EditorialEgypt. Mastaba of Ptahhotep and Akhethotep. 5th Dynasty. Old Kingdom. Egyptian viziers. Father and son. Relief depicting the deceased Ptahhotep seated before an offering table and standing with a scepter.
EditorialPage from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Twenty-first night: The Brahman comes upon a lion who has a deer and a gazelle as his viziers, c. 1560. India, Mughal, Reign of Akbar, 16th century. Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper;.
EditorialPage from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Twenty-first night: The wolf and the jackal, serving as viziers, instigate the lion who pursues the Brahman up a tree, c. 1560. India, Mughal, Reign of Akbar, 16th century. Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on pap...
EditorialOne of the viziers telling the king a tale on the untrustworthiness of women. Sinbadnama, the Story of Sinbad, in an anonymous Persian version, with 72 miniatures. c.1575. Source: I.O. ISLAMIC 3214, f.35. Language: Persian.
EditorialThe concubine justifying her charges before the king, accusing the viziers of corruption. Sinbadnama, the Story of Sinbad, in an anonymous Persian version, with 72 miniatures. c.1575. Source: I.O. ISLAMIC 3214, f.45. Language: Persian.
EditorialThe seven sages (viziers) including Sinbad discuss what is to be done. Sinbadnama, the Story of Sinbad, in an anonymous Persian version, with 72 miniatures. c.1575. Source: I.O. ISLAMIC 3214, f.14v. Language: Persian.
EditorialThe king praises his son before his viziers and dignitaries, and abdicates in his favour. Sinbadnama, the Story of Sinbad, in an anonymous Persian version, with 72 miniatures. c.1575. Source: I.O. ISLAMIC 3214, f.163v. Language: Persian.
EditorialThe king's court, with the prince, now restored to speech, thanks to Sinbad and the other viziers. Sinbadnama, the Story of Sinbad, in an anonymous Persian version, with 72 miniatures. c.1575. Source: I.O. ISLAMIC 3214, f.97. Language: Persian.
EditorialThe prince is seated on his father's throne before the assembled courtiers and viziers. Sinbadnama, the Story of Sinbad, in an anonymous Persian version, with 72 miniatures. c.1575. Source: I.O. ISLAMIC 3214, f.165v. Language: Persian.
EditorialEgypt. Saqqara. Mastaba of Ptahhotep and Akhethotep. 5th Dynasty. Old Kingdom. Egyptian viziers. Father and son. Polychrome relief depicting the building of a boat.
EditorialOne of the viziers telling the king a tale on the untrustworthiness of women. Sinbadnama, the Story of Sinbad, in an anonymous Persian version, with 72 miniatures. c.1575. Source: I.O. ISLAMIC 3214, f.35. Language: Persian.
EditorialThe concubine justifying her charges before the king, accusing the viziers of corruption. Sinbadnama, the Story of Sinbad, in an anonymous Persian version, with 72 miniatures. c.1575. Source: I.O. ISLAMIC 3214, f.45. Language: Persian.
EditorialThe seven sages (viziers) including Sinbad discuss what is to be done. Sinbadnama, the Story of Sinbad, in an anonymous Persian version, with 72 miniatures. c.1575. Source: I.O. ISLAMIC 3214, f.14v. Language: Persian.
EditorialThe king praises his son before his viziers and dignitaries, and abdicates in his favour. Sinbadnama, the Story of Sinbad, in an anonymous Persian version, with 72 miniatures. c.1575. Source: I.O. ISLAMIC 3214, f.163v. Language: Persian.
EditorialThe king's court, with the prince, now restored to speech, thanks to Sinbad and the other viziers. Sinbadnama, the Story of Sinbad, in an anonymous Persian version, with 72 miniatures. c.1575. Source: I.O. ISLAMIC 3214, f.97. Language: Persian.
EditorialThe prince is seated on his father's throne before the assembled courtiers and viziers. Sinbadnama, the Story of Sinbad, in an anonymous Persian version, with 72 miniatures. c.1575. Source: I.O. ISLAMIC 3214, f.165v. Language: Persian.
EditorialSpain. Granada. The Palace of the Generalife. 12th-14th century. Muslim Oratory of the viziers. In the background, the Albaicin and the Sacromonte.
EditorialEgypt. Saqqara. Mastaba of Ptahhotep and Akhethotep. 5th Dynasty. Old Kingdom. Egyptian viziers. Father and son. Polychrome relief. Butchering. Oxen.
EditorialMastaba of Ptahhotep and Akhethotep. 5th Dynasty. Old Kingdom. Egyptian viziers. Father and son. Relief depicting the transport of offerings to the Hereafter. Saqqara. Egypt.
EditorialMastaba of Ptahhotep and Akhethotep. Egyptian viziers. Father and son. Relief depicting servers carrying the funerary food of Ptahhotep. West wall. Saqqara. Egypt.
EditorialSpain. Caliphate of Cordoba. Umayyad. Great Mosque of Cordoba. 8th century. Built in 780 by Abd ar-Ramhan I (756-188). Entrance in the western wall. Bat Al-Wuzara (Gate of the Viziers) or St. Stephen's Gate.
EditorialIslamic Art. Umayyad period. Spain. 10th century. Medina Azahara (936-960). Palace city of the Caliph Abd al-Rahman III. House of Viziers. Andalusia.