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11/19/2024 05:30 PM ISAW Lecture Hall
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Exhibition Lecture

"The Sight that I Offer is the Fairest of Sights": Ivory, Concubines, and Transcultural Exchange in Umayyad Cordoba

Abigail Balbale

This lecture will take place in person at ISAW. Registration is required; click through for the registration link. This lecture is given in conjunction with ISAW's exhibition Madinat al-Zahra: The Radiant Capital of Islamic Spain. Of the many beautiful objects associated with Madinat al-Zahra and the Cordoban Umayyad caliphate, perhaps none are as celebrated as a series of ivory pyxides and caskets produced for members of the royal family.
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