The mosque doors, from Ispahan, illustrated on the opposite page, are particularly fine examples of Persian wood carving. The arabesque designs are especially beautiful. The inscriptions in the upper and lower small panels have been translated as follows:
Panel, Upper Right: Oh God, do not indifferently drive me from your door.
Panel, Upper Left: For if you do, there will be no other door open to me.
Panel, Lower Right: Oh, my heart, do not be far off from the door of those who are sincere and faithful.
Panel, Lower Left: Anyone who is far from the door is near to God.
Velvet Brocade Turkish, XVI Century
Mosque Doors, Carved Wood, Persian, about 1500