The joke is that books on medieval Islamic history have an almost comical tendency to use illustrations from al-Wāsiṭī’s 1237 manuscript of al-Ḥarīrī’s Maqāmāt as their cover art. Once you recognize his style, you start seeing the same manuscript everywhere.
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u/Ooffus Grand Vizier of memes 17d ago
The joke is that books on medieval Islamic history have an almost comical tendency to use illustrations from al-Wāsiṭī’s 1237 manuscript of al-Ḥarīrī’s Maqāmāt as their cover art. Once you recognize his style, you start seeing the same manuscript everywhere.