Melanie Gibson
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Today in the ARB: @davidchaffetz reviews “Treasures of Herat: Two Manuscripts of the Khamsah of Nizami in the British Library” by Barbara Brend @gingkolibrary asianreviewofbooks.com/content/treasu…

How to keep cool Qajar-style, featuring fan, loose clothing, and fruit. (From the @V_and_A: collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O133575/r…)

I've been thinking a lot about Hazara embroidery from Afghanistan recently, which has many styles & uses, but I'm particularly interested in the cloths used for praying on and/or wrapping up the prayer tablet (mohr), so here's a thread of beautiful examples...





This month @gingkolibrary has published Treasures of Herat, an exquisite new book about two illustrated copies of Nizami’s Khamsah which are held in the @britishlibrary. Have a peep inside.





