Scene

Spent a fair bit of time Saturday in the Denon Wing, where the Islamic art collection opened in 2012. At 15 euros, the Louvre remains Paris' best deal.

The mosaics (0:16-0:39) are from fourth- to sixth-century Turkey and the Levant. Blue and yellow panels from Isfahan, Iran, from mid-17th century depict a poetry contest (0:56). Ceramic tiles from 16th-century Turkey (1:11-1:22).

Turkish poem is an "Elegy on Sultan Suleyman" by Mahmud Abd al-Baki (1536-1600).

Vase fragments from 12th-century Spain, Egypt and Algeria.

Copper ewer, 13th-century Mosul.

Scrum at the "Mona Lisa" never gets old.