Mosaic map of Alexandria and Memphis

Mosaic map of Alexandria and Memphis, ca. AD 540, from a house in Gerasa, Jordan, excavated in 1932 by the Yale-British School. In the collections of the Yale University Art Gallery.
Mosaic map of Alexandria and Memphis, ca. AD 540, from a house in Gerasa, Jordan, excavated in 1932 by the Yale-British School. In the collections of the Yale University Art Gallery.
On the occasion of his visit to Yale in December 2012, His Excellency the Ambassador of Turkey, Namik Tan, presented several beautiful books on Turkish history and civilization as gifts for the Yale Library's collections.
Map of Syria, 1542, from the Rudimenta cosmographica by Johannes Honter (1498-1549). From the collections of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Arabic primer of calligraphy, 1852 or 1853. From the collections of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Quran manuscript fragment on parchment. Arabic, in kufic script. From the collections of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
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