In an NEH funded project, running from September 2008 to September 2010, The Walters Art Museum aims to create digital surrogates of all its Islamic Manuscripts, and to make them accessible to all, free of charge. We are beginning to see the results of this initiative, and so blogging on this site seems to be a natural extensive of our mission.
One of the highlights of the Walters Collection of Islamic Manuscripts is a copy of Piri Reis, Book on Navigation. It is a masterpiece of Ottoman art. S…
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Posted on August 17, 2009 at 10:00am —