Basım Tarihi
1366 (767H)
Tür
Belge
Dil
Arapça
Dijital
Evet
Yazma
Evet
Fiziksel Boyutlar
307 mm x 222 mm x 79 mm (height x width x depth)
Kütüphane
Chester Beatty
Kayıt Numarası
Ar 5655
Lokasyon
Arabic collection
Tarih
1366 (767H)
Notlar
Manual on the Arts of Horsemanship (Nihāyat al-su’l wa al-umniyya fī ta‘allum ‘amāl al-furūsiyya) by al- Aqṣarā’ī (d. 1348). First composed in Mamluk Damascus, al- Aqṣarā’ī's well-known military encyclopaedia describes the many skills required for an effective cavalry army, organised in twelve lessons. There is an extensive Arabic literature on the arts of horsemanship, and this copy (probably made in Damascus, in 1366) is one of the earliest illustrated examples known. These arts include the care and training of horses, the correct handling of weapons, and equestrian parade displays for the hippodrome, as well as cavalry formations in battle, just distribution of war booty, and treaty negotiations. Codex, ink, colours and gold on paper, 319 folios, Arabic text in naskh script, illuminated frontispiece (fol. 1r), with seven paintings (fols. 120v, 130r, 151v, 154v, 157v, 166r, faces later re-painted) and seven diagrams (fols. 109v-113), Nihāyat al-su’l wa al-umniyya fī ta‘allum ‘amāl al-furūsiyya, by Muḥammad ibn `Īsa ibn Ismā`īl al-Ḥanafī al- Aqṣarā’ī (d. 1348, Damascus), on the arts of horsemanship, text copied by `Umar ibn `Abdullāh ibn `Umar al-Shāfi’ī, later owner dedication (fol. 1r: bi-rasm al-Sulṭān al-Malik al-Ẓāhir Abū Sa`īd Jaqmaq) to Mamluk sultan Sayf al-Dīn Jaqmaq (r. 1438-1453), probably Damascus, Syria, dated 12 Jumada I 767H, 25 January 1366. (There are a further twelve detached folios in this collection.)
Materyal
Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold
Nesne Adı
Codex
Müstensih ve Üretim Yeri
`Umar ibn `Abdullāh ibn `Umar al-Shāfi’ī, Damascus (probably)
Yazı Tipi
Naskh script