DOI article:
Majda, Tadeusz: Biblical Motifs in Islamic Art
DOI Page / Citation link: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.18949#0034
5. The Infant Jesus Preaching
to the People,
miniaturę,
16,h century manuscript,
Kisas al-Anbiya,
Istanbul,
Topkapi Sarayi Muzesi,
H. 1225, fol. 209b
(Phot. Topkapi Sarayi Muzesi)
Virgin Mary beneath the Cross, the Three Marys at the Tomb of Christ, and
the Resurrection.
Of all the prophets, Jesus is the one most revered by Islam. The Koran, the
gospels, and the traditions of the Eastern Churches all contain incidents from
7 B.W. Robinson, E.G. Grube, G.M. Meredith-Owens, R.W Skelton, Islamie Painting and the
Arts of the Book, London 1976, pl. 92.
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to the People,
miniaturę,
16,h century manuscript,
Kisas al-Anbiya,
Istanbul,
Topkapi Sarayi Muzesi,
H. 1225, fol. 209b
(Phot. Topkapi Sarayi Muzesi)
Virgin Mary beneath the Cross, the Three Marys at the Tomb of Christ, and
the Resurrection.
Of all the prophets, Jesus is the one most revered by Islam. The Koran, the
gospels, and the traditions of the Eastern Churches all contain incidents from
7 B.W. Robinson, E.G. Grube, G.M. Meredith-Owens, R.W Skelton, Islamie Painting and the
Arts of the Book, London 1976, pl. 92.
32