. Guide leaflet. J THE AXTIQUK USE OF (IhMS U that reached its eiihnination in elal)()ra-tion from the Sixteenth to the S(»ven-teenth Centuries, was made fi-om |)()Hs1um1,flat slabs of chalcedony and carneUan,varying in size and shape, but rarely morethan two and a half inches in longest di-mensions. These Persian seals belonged tothe Moslem culture, and since the Mo-hammedan code forbids the depicting ofnatural objects, the engravers of theseamulets were restrained from using thesymbolism employed by peoples of otherfaiths. As a consequence they all beartexts from the Koran inscribed in Arabi
. Guide leaflet. J THE AXTIQUK USE OF (IhMS U that reached its eiihnination in elal)()ra-tion from the Sixteenth to the S(»ven-teenth Centuries, was made fi-om |)()Hs1um1,flat slabs of chalcedony and carneUan,varying in size and shape, but rarely morethan two and a half inches in longest di-mensions. These Persian seals belonged tothe Moslem culture, and since the Mo-hammedan code forbids the depicting ofnatural objects, the engravers of theseamulets were restrained from using thesymbolism employed by peoples of otherfaiths. As a consequence they all beartexts from the Koran inscribed in Arabiccharacters, the engraving in many in-stances being beautifully executed. Thequaint Arabic letters that look like someglorified kind of shorthand, are highlydecorative, and were embellished withloving care by the Moslem engravers. The smaller and older examples aremostly oval or more rarely cushion-shaped and were lettered with incised. AMETHYST BEADS A necklace of the early Christian Era (4th-6th Centuries) showing strong Egyptian influence. (Specimen in Metropolitan Museum of Art)
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