Cautionary Tales · Stop No. 48
The Ismailis
“Sweet dreams, Saladin”
- Era
- 12th century, the same night
- Provenance
- A tent near Masyaf, Syria
- Medium
- Ink on kraft ground
- Edition
- Open edition
A second telling of the Archive's most polite death threat: the dagger and the note on the pillow, delivered while Saladin slept inside a guarded camp. The message was not the blade. The message was that they could have.
Square-format variant of the Nizari plate with the title and closing line cropped at the sheet edge. Held for study while the curators determine whether the crop is a wound or a choice.
Under Study
The Gift Shop
- Museum Reproduction Tee
- Exhibition Poster