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and islamic arts, housed in a 16th century palace a stone's throw from the famous blue mosque, was founded in 1914, thanks in part to — who else? osman hamdi. today, it boasts the richest collection of islamic art in the world — at least, that's what it says on its website — including 1,700 carpets. oh, this is a — this is a holbein rug. this is a 16th century rug, which is now known as a holbein rug, what, because presumably rugs like this feature in the work of hans holbein? yes! and so, now they're known by historians of carpets as holbein rugs — is that it? yeah. god, how fascinating. let me see if we can pull up an image. this is, you know, in the national gallery, his huge painting, the ambassadors. two westerners, and there in the middle is an islamic rug. anyone who has looked at historical western art will find all of these quite familiar, but in a very broad, generic fashion. yes. different centuries have different motifs and different colours and they all have an idea, they all want to say something. this looks like a hummingbird. i think so.