Antiquities… Vernet: A Family of Painters 27 Dec 202528 Dec 2025 Four Generations of Painters Spanning More Than Three Centuries (1689–1863) Written by: Claudia Dijkstra Crommelin*1 Portraits of the three Vernets: the portrait on the left is of Joseph Vernet; the…
Hose History Welcome, Claudia Dijkstra! 18 Dec 202527 Dec 2025 The Horse in Word and Picture would like to welcome another authority on Arabian horse breeding and on Arabian horse prints and books. Claudia Dijkstra has kindly agreed to write…
Arabian horse… THE 1968 General Stud book 7 Jan 2025 I purchased this Arabic edition of the 1968 General Studbook, prefaced by Dr. Amin Zaher, last year from El Zahraa library, together with other English and Arabic stud books. To…
Ancient History… Iconography of Horses in ancient Egypt 7 Dec 20245 May 2025 Iconography of Ancient Egyptian Horses - an Interview. Lonneke Delpeut, an Egyptologist specialized in visual culture, talks to us about the representation of horses in ancient Egyptian tombs and temples.…
Arabian horse… The Artistic Legacy of the Last Caliph 27 May 202325 Aug 2025 Play this audio file to listen to my article! It might come as a surprise to many that painting and playing music were practiced in a dynasty that claimed the…
equestrian… Equestrian Traditions in Upper Egypt: al-Mirmah 30 Apr 20236 May 2025 At the Swiss Institute of Archaeology in Zamalek, I delivered a lecture on one of the equestrian traditions of Upper Egypt known as al-Mirmah to members of the Friends of…
Arabian horse… Wegdan El Barbary: History in Photographs 25 Jan 202315 Nov 2024 In the autumn of 2008, I paid Wegdan El Barbary (aka Dani) a visit to learn about the Arabian horse. Actually, I used to pay Dani many visits, and I…
Arabian horse… Qualities of The Arabian Horse in Arabic Manuscripts (Part I) 2 Jul 202119 Apr 2025 “Don't let the beauty of a horse fool you, my exalted sultan... fine looks do not indicate a sound character”, he said. One day Salahuddin summoned his courtiers, dignitaries of…
equestrian… Anatomy of The Horse in the 15th Century 5 Mar 202115 Nov 2024 This article was first published on MuslimHeritage.com on June 5th, 2009. The version published hereafter was revised and augmented with a section of references on veterinary medicine and hippiatrics in…
Arabian horse Back to the Land of the Nile 5 Feb 202115 Nov 2024 This article was first published in The Arabian Magazine, Collectors' Edition, 2009. Ali and Mumtaz Ree - Yasmine and Asahias Kahlaara Photo by Rania Elsayed Inshass Royal stud (RAS) was…
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