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Artist galleriesAhmad ibn al-Suhrawardi al-Bakri's contemporaries

Ahmad ibn al-Suhrawardi al-Bakri's contemporaries

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript, by Ahmad ibn al-Suhrawardi al-Bakri, dated 707 AH/1307–8 CE
Opening Folio of the 26th Volume of the "Anonymous Baghdad Qur'an", by Ahmad ibn al-Suhrawardi al-Bakri, 706 AH/1306–7 CE
"Preparing Medicine from Honey", from a Dispersed Manuscript of an Arabic Translation of De Materia Medica of Dioscorides, by 'Abdullah ibn al-Fadl, dated 621 AH/1224 CE
A work made of hanging scroll; ink, colors, and cut gold on silk.
Crucifix with Scenes of the Passion, c. 1230–40

The works in this room are listed below.

Works in this room

A few works by Ahmad ibn al-Suhrawardi al-Bakri, then their contemporaries: makers of the same nationality born within 25 years of them, then works from the same century and place.

First room, north wall

  1. Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript, by Ahmad ibn al-Suhrawardi al-Bakri, dated 707 AH/1307–8 CE
    Folio from a Qur'an ManuscriptAhmad ibn al-Suhrawardi al-Bakri, dated 707 AH/1307–8 CECourtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. Opening Folio of the 26th Volume of the "Anonymous Baghdad Qur'an", by Ahmad ibn al-Suhrawardi al-Bakri, 706 AH/1306–7 CE
    Opening Folio of the 26th Volume of the "Anonymous Baghdad Qur'an"Ahmad ibn al-Suhrawardi al-Bakri, 706 AH/1306–7 CECourtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Their contemporaries

  1. "Preparing Medicine from Honey", from a Dispersed Manuscript of an Arabic Translation of De Materia Medica of Dioscorides, by 'Abdullah ibn al-Fadl, dated 621 AH/1224 CE
    "Preparing Medicine from Honey", from a Dispersed Manuscript of an Arabic Translation of De Materia Medica of Dioscorides'Abdullah ibn al-Fadl, dated 621 AH/1224 CECourtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. A work made of hanging scroll; ink, colors, and cut gold on silk.
    The Bodhisattva Seishi, from the triptych Approach of the Amida TrinityUnrecorded Japanese maker, Kamakura Period, mid–13th centuryCourtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  3. Crucifix with Scenes of the Passion, c. 1230–40
    Crucifix with Scenes of the PassionUnrecorded Italian maker, c. 1230–40Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art

Their contemporaries, second

  1. Taima Mandala, 14th century
    Taima MandalaUnrecorded Japanese maker, 14th centuryCourtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. Two Angels, by North Italian Painter (Verona?), ca. 1330
    Two AngelsNorth Italian Painter (Verona?), ca. 1330Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  3. Orchids, by Ma Lin, second quarter of the 13th century
    OrchidsMa Lin, second quarter of the 13th centuryCourtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art