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The Veiled Faces Of Prophets In The Islamic Miniatures - Application On Illustrated Manuscripts Of Xvi Century In Konya Mawlānā Museum., Dr. Ibrahim Mohamed Ibrahim Elassal

Journal of the General Union of Arab Archaeologists

( En ) The study aims to recognize interpretations of veiling the facial features of divine characters like prophets in Islamic Miniatures, various designs are appeared of such veils and an obvious development had been occurred from one school of art to another. Miniaturists in religious representations were keen to give the divines remarkable features like divine halos or usage of veils. Several researches mentioned veils' existence to cover faces of divine imagery, including prophets, but none of them made suitable analysis for such veils, with no classifying its forms, nor giving interpretations of its usage. Islamic illustrating production is …