A copper alloy corpus with the eyes open and the head leaning slightly to the right. The feet are side by side, resting on a suppedaneum (a support for feet on a cross). The loin-cloth is long and symmetrically arranged with a descending flap on each side covering a straight hori
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"We live in a refugee camp in Calais. Some people call it the Jungle. We make radio programmes." The Jungala Radio project was initiated by Kathy O'Hare and Ciaran Henry. Based in the Jungle refugee camp in Calais, France, the project designed and delivered digital radio devel
Refugees | Resource programs (Education) | Non-formal education
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Western knowledge of many works of the greatest thinkers of ancient Greece, including Euclid, was lost during the so-called Dark Ages (the period from about the late fifth century AD to the year 1000). However, between the late eighth century and the tenth centuries, most o
A Sense of Freedom | Mathematics | Geometry
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This folio is from an album compiled for the Mughal emperors Jahangir (r. 1605-27) and Shah Jahan (r. 1627-58) between about 1612 and 1640. In his memoirs, Jahangir, whose mother was Hindu, describes Holi, the exuberant Hindu festival: ‘Thursday is the Holi, which in their
A Sense of Place | Manners and customs | Religion
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This Qur'an is one of the great treasures of the Chester Beatty Library. It is important on a number of counts, but especially as it is a rare example of the work of Ibn al-Bawwab (d. 1022), one of three great medieval masters of Islamic calligraphy. Ibn al-Bawwab is espe
A Sense of Identity | Qur'an | Islamic calligraphy
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Usually, an illuminated heading marks the beginning of each of the 114 chapters of the Qur'an. This one marks the start of chapter 32, which bears the title al-Sajda (The Prostration) and which deals with the mysteries of Creation, Time and the Final End.
A Sense of Identity | Qur'an | Creation (Islam)
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Badi al-Zaman Al-Jazari wrote his Book of Ingenious Mechanical Devices in 1206 in response to a request from his patron, a minor king in Diyarbekir (in what is now south-east Turkey). The text includes diagrams and instructions for the construction of fifty mechanical dev
A Sense of Freedom | Technology | Mechanical devices
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