Exhibition of Rare Islamic Objects Opens in Spain
A private museum in southern Spain is opening an exhibition of rare Islamic art and scientific objects that highlight the use of light in decoration and studies in the Arab world.
The exhibition, "Nur: Light in art and science in the Islamic world," is sponsored by the energy company Abengoa and has gathered 150 pieces from collections such those of the Bodleian Library at Oxford University and private collectors from around the world.
A Manuscript on the Prophet (PBUH) from Morocco and dated probably on late 17th-early 18th century, A Planispheric Astrolabe from the Maghreb and dated 1135 AH (Islamic Calendar), The Kitab suwar al-kawakib al-thabita or the book of fixed stars, probably from Persia and dated 400AH according the Islamic calendar and the earliest astrology book in the Islamic world are among the objects.
Curated by Sabiha Al Khemir, a Tunisian writer and expert in Islamic art, the exhibition opened on Saturday at the Focus-Abengoa Foundation's gallery in Seville.
From there, it travels next year to the Dallas Museum of Art in Texas, where it will be open to the public from March 30 to June 29.
Source: CTPost
A Manuscript on the Prophet (PBUH) from Morocco and dated probably on late 17th-early 18th century, A Planispheric Astrolabe from the Maghreb and dated 1135 AH (Islamic Calendar), The Kitab suwar al-kawakib al-thabita or the book of fixed stars, probably from Persia and dated 400AH according the Islamic calendar and the earliest astrology book in the Islamic world are among the objects.
Curated by Sabiha Al Khemir, a Tunisian writer and expert in Islamic art, the exhibition opened on Saturday at the Focus-Abengoa Foundation's gallery in Seville.
From there, it travels next year to the Dallas Museum of Art in Texas, where it will be open to the public from March 30 to June 29.
Source: CTPost
