all except one featuring actual paintings from historical manuscripts! i thought this would be a wonderful way to celebrate the eid while honoring islamic art.
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you should be able to find them in the build-buy catalogue by searching for "postcard". i actually wrote descriptions for each, giving credit to the original artworks but couldn't find a way to make them appear in the game 😒
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so for anyone curious, here's the credits for the artworks:
from left to right, top to bottom:
Painting from a Shahnama manuscript, Shiraz, Iran. 1480. Today in Chester Beatty Library, Dublin. [link] (btw the subject is Alexander the Great's pilgrimage to the Ka'ba in Mecca lol)
Detail from Mir Sayyid Ali’s painting Majnun Visits Layli’s Camp, from Shah Tahmasp's manuscript of the Khamsa of Nizami. Tabriz, Iran. c. 1540s. Today in the British Library, London. [link] (i cut out the lovers, layli and majnun, bc i was interested in the sheep, oops)
Painting from the Dara Shikoh Album, Agra (?), India. c. 1630s. Today in the British Library, London. [unfortunately this one is not publicly available]
Painting from the Dara Shikoh Album, Agra (?), India. c. 1630s. Today in the British Library, London. [same album as in 3, not publicly available]
Painting from a Futuh al-Haramayn manuscript, probably Iran, c. 1525-1550. Today in Chester Beatty Library, Dublin. [link] (this one is from a pilgrimage guidebook)
edited screenshot that i took in-game haha
i guess sharing the info here has the advantage of giving more details and sharing the links. apologies this is very safavid and mughal focused, but those are the traditions that im most familiar with.
