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Court and Cosmos: The Great Age of the Seljuqs

At The Met Fifth Avenue
April 27–July 24, 2016

Audio Guide

In this audio tour, hear curators discuss the Seljuqs' merging of multiple traditions in objects of beauty and power—from metalwork to textiles, ceramics, books, and buildings.

Muhammad ibn Abi'l-Qasim ibn Bakran al-Najjar al-Isfahani al-Salihani. Astrolabe (detail), dated A.H. 496/A.D. 1102–3. Iran, Isfahan. Museo Galileo—Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza, Florence (1105)