Tile with the Great Mosque of Mecca
The Arabic writing in the upper part of this plaque is from the Qur’an and encourages Muslims to make the hajj—the pilgrimage to Mecca, birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad and the spiritual center of the Islamic world. Beneath the inscription is a representation of the Great Mo...
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17197
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object
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Dikran Kelekian, Constantinople, Paris, and New York, by 1897, [mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1897, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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CC0
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en
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2
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| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1307 |
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Culture
Ottoman-Islamic
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