Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 7 hours ago

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In celebration of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, today’s episode highlights a beautiful and richly detailed double-page illustration from seventeenth-century India. Explore the abundance of structural details and decorative elements shown in this double-page illustration of Mecca and Medina, two sanctuaries for Muslims around the world. Plus, get to know these sites and how these illustrations would have originally been used in this month’s Masterpiece Minute podcast.

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