Tumblr (3.0; @marinacorreial)http://marinacorreial.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmpuw1Hb9r1qecykjo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Arabic illustration explaining the phases of the Moon.  Medieval manuscript on exhibit at the Getty Research Institute at the Getty Center.</strong></p> <blockquote></blockquote>http://marinacorreial.tumblr.com/post/6598353124http://marinacorreial.tumblr.com/post/6598353124Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:07:57 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmr6sjWwpD1qfjxoio1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Moroccan </strong></p>http://marinacorreial.tumblr.com/post/6598303514http://marinacorreial.tumblr.com/post/6598303514Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:06:19 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmpoaxz4ce1qfrw84o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Where is Mother Going by Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, 1797-1798</strong></p>http://marinacorreial.tumblr.com/post/6598286788http://marinacorreial.tumblr.com/post/6598286788Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:05:46 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmr7k1hkTG1qac76ro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>A large street in Cairo - Mosque of Sultan Baibars.</strong></p> <p><strong>From L’Afrique pittoresque (picturesque Africa), selected passages by Victor Tissot, Paris, 1890.</strong></p> <p><strong>(Source: <a href="http://www.archive.org/details/lafriquepittores00tissuoft">archive.org</a>)</strong></p>http://marinacorreial.tumblr.com/post/6598277725http://marinacorreial.tumblr.com/post/6598277725Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:05:29 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmr82qqsbM1qac76ro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>The mahmil *.</strong></p> <p><strong>From L’Afrique pittoresque (picturesque Africa), selected passages by Victor Tissot, Paris, 1890.</strong></p> <p><strong>(Source: <a href="http://www.archive.org/details/lafriquepittores00tissuoft">archive.org</a>)</strong></p> <blockquote></blockquote> <p><strong><span class="note">* Mahmil (often written as Mahmel or Mahmal) is used for a palanquin or camel litter. Traditionally, a camel with a decorated litter was often sent to Mecca around the Hajj season by the head of a Muslim state to indicate his assumption of rule. The mahmil was therefore a symbol both of the sovereignty and legitimacy of the ruler. For the Ottoman surre procession, the mahmil was also used as a term for the vehicles or camel litters containing the surre and presents sent by the sultan.</span></strong></p> <p><strong><span class="note">Middle Eastern Studies,<br/> Vol. 41, No. 2, 193 – 200, March 2005 </span></strong></p> <blockquote></blockquote>http://marinacorreial.tumblr.com/post/6598225642http://marinacorreial.tumblr.com/post/6598225642Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:03:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmrax7HIyZ1qac76ro1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>The snake charmer.</strong></p> <p><strong>From L’Afrique pittoresque (picturesque Africa), selected passages by Victor Tissot, Paris, 1890.</strong></p> <p><strong>(Source: <a href="http://www.archive.org/details/lafriquepittores00tissuoft">archive.org</a>)</strong></p>http://marinacorreial.tumblr.com/post/6594560822http://marinacorreial.tumblr.com/post/6594560822Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:05:21 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmrby1f8VP1qac76ro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Tuaregs.</strong></p> <p><strong>From L’Afrique pittoresque (picturesque Africa), selected passages by Victor Tissot, Paris, 1890.</strong></p> <p><strong>(Source: <a href="http://www.archive.org/details/lafriquepittores00tissuoft">archive.org</a>)</strong></p>http://marinacorreial.tumblr.com/post/6594553148http://marinacorreial.tumblr.com/post/6594553148Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:05:05 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmrcirPB8a1qac76ro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Djeddah.</strong></p> <p><strong>From L’Afrique pittoresque (picturesque Africa), selected passages by Victor Tissot, Paris, 1890.</strong></p> <p><strong>(Source: <a href="http://www.archive.org/details/lafriquepittores00tissuoft">archive.org</a>)</strong></p>http://marinacorreial.tumblr.com/post/6594514316http://marinacorreial.tumblr.com/post/6594514316Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:03:45 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmreorfwz21qac76ro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Distribution of cowries.</strong></p> <p><strong>From L’Afrique pittoresque (picturesque Africa), selected passages by Victor Tissot, Paris, 1890.</strong></p> <p><strong>(Source: <a href="http://www.archive.org/details/lafriquepittores00tissuoft">archive.org</a>)</strong></p>http://marinacorreial.tumblr.com/post/6594470080http://marinacorreial.tumblr.com/post/6594470080Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:02:19 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llozjvaz7p1qk768eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Al-Aqsa Mosque, Interior View, Old City, East Jerusalem, Palestine</strong></p>http://marinacorreial.tumblr.com/post/6594450810http://marinacorreial.tumblr.com/post/6594450810Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:01:42 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l9y5d4S1gD1qz4edwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote></blockquote> <p><strong><a href="http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Europe/Greece/North_Aegean/Hios/Vessa/photo1245933.htm">“Votes” and colours, a photo from Hios, North Aegean </a></strong></p> <blockquote></blockquote>http://marinacorreial.tumblr.com/post/6594165083http://marinacorreial.tumblr.com/post/6594165083Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:52:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lj32fgkF6k1qzu5fbo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Detail of a decorative page from Yatimat al-Dahr (The Jewel), an anthology of poets and poetry, by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tha%27%C4%81lib%C4%AB">Abu Mansur al-Tha’alibi</a>; artist unknown, 1781.</strong></p> <blockquote></blockquote>http://marinacorreial.tumblr.com/post/6594039888http://marinacorreial.tumblr.com/post/6594039888Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:47:44 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmjush1HIz1qh0f06o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote></blockquote> <p><strong>The Arsenal, Venice, Bernardo Bellotto (1743)</strong></p> <blockquote></blockquote>http://marinacorreial.tumblr.com/post/6594024947http://marinacorreial.tumblr.com/post/6594024947Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:47:15 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmlil33vjx1qh7jlwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Drawing Room, Holland Park. Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema. 1887</strong></p>http://marinacorreial.tumblr.com/post/6594012646http://marinacorreial.tumblr.com/post/6594012646Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:46:48 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm740yTQSr1qb8vzto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote></blockquote> <p><strong>Ethiopian Holy Helmut</strong></p> <blockquote></blockquote>http://marinacorreial.tumblr.com/post/6593966307http://marinacorreial.tumblr.com/post/6593966307Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:45:13 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmlk8mvqoa1qge6fho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Santiago de Compostela, Spain</strong></p>http://marinacorreial.tumblr.com/post/6593959321http://marinacorreial.tumblr.com/post/6593959321Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:44:58 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmlkjpXTXK1qac76ro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>I took him by the waist and tumbled him overboard.</strong></p> <p><strong>From Treasure island, by Robert Louis Stevenson, New York, circa 1880.</strong></p> <p><strong>(Source: <a href="http://www.archive.org/details/treasislandyork00stev">archive.org</a>)</strong></p>http://marinacorreial.tumblr.com/post/6593902472http://marinacorreial.tumblr.com/post/6593902472Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:43:02 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmlm09Gm4e1qac76ro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Down went Pew with a cry that rang high into the night.</strong></p> <p><strong>From Treasure island, by Robert Louis Stevenson, New York, circa 1880.</strong></p> <p><strong>(Source: <a href="http://www.archive.org/details/treasislandyork00stev">archive.org</a>)</strong></p>http://marinacorreial.tumblr.com/post/6593814402http://marinacorreial.tumblr.com/post/6593814402Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:40:02 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmjv10Qvnv1qh0f06o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote></blockquote> <p><strong>Old Fortifications of Dresden, Bernardo Bellotto (1751)</strong></p> <blockquote></blockquote>http://marinacorreial.tumblr.com/post/6593806040http://marinacorreial.tumblr.com/post/6593806040Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:39:45 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmjuxi1law1qh0f06o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote></blockquote> <p><strong>The Piazetta, Venice, Bernardo Bellotto (1743)</strong></p> <blockquote></blockquote>http://marinacorreial.tumblr.com/post/6593798173http://marinacorreial.tumblr.com/post/6593798173Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:39:28 -0400