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Four horsemen riding around the hippodrome, from Manual on the Arts of Horsemanship (Nihayat al-su'l wa al-umniya fi ta‘allum ‘amal al-furusiyya) by al-Aqsara'i

Title	Four horsemen riding around the hippodrome, from Manual on the Arts of Horsemanship (Nihayat al-su'l wa al-umniya fi ta‘allum ‘amal al-furusiyya) by al-Aqsara'i
Publication Date:	1366 (Hattaha)
Type	Document
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	302 mm x 208 mm (height x width)
Library:	Chester Beatty
Record ID	Ar 5655.167
Library Location	Arabic collection
Date	1366 (Hattaha)
Notes	Detached folio, ink, pigments and gold on paper, painting (on verso) and Arabic text, from a set of twelve detached folios and one codex, Cairo, Egypt, dated 1366. Painting: four horsemen riding around a pool, with side-caption: “Image of four horsemen, each one with a sword and a hide shield, and each one carrying his shield on his horse’s croup ". First composed in Mamluk Damascus, al-Aqsara'i's well-known military encyclopaedia describes the many skills required for an effective cavalry army, organised in twelve lessons. This painting is from Lesson Three, "On the Use of the Sword", under Method Nine, "On the Use of the Sword and the Medium Leather Shield, a Method invented by the Author". There is an extensive Arabic literature on the arts of horsemanship, and this copy (made in Cairo in 1366) is one of the earliest illustrated examples in existence. 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.
Materyal	Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold
Nesne Adı	Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)
Müstensih ve Üretim Yeri	`Umar b. `Abdallah b. `Umar al-Shafi’i, Cairo
Yazı Tipi	Naskh script

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Four horsemen riding around the hippodrome, from Manual on the Arts of Horsemanship (Nihayat al-su'l wa al-umniya fi ta‘allum ‘amal al-furusiyya) by al-Aqsara'i

Publication Date 1366 (Hattaha)

Type Document

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 302 mm x 208 mm (height x width)

Library Chester Beatty

Record ID Ar 5655.167

Library Location Arabic collection

Date 1366 (Hattaha)

Notes Detached folio, ink, pigments and gold on paper, painting (on verso) and Arabic text, from a set of twelve detached folios and one codex, Cairo, Egypt, dated 1366. Painting: four horsemen riding around a pool, with side-caption: “Image of four horsemen, each one with a sword and a hide shield, and each one carrying his shield on his horse’s croup ". First composed in Mamluk Damascus, al-Aqsara'i's well-known military encyclopaedia describes the many skills required for an effective cavalry army, organised in twelve lessons. This painting is from Lesson Three, "On the Use of the Sword", under Method Nine, "On the Use of the Sword and the Medium Leather Shield, a Method invented by the Author". There is an extensive Arabic literature on the arts of horsemanship, and this copy (made in Cairo in 1366) is one of the earliest illustrated examples in existence. 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.

Materyal Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold

Nesne Adı Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)

Müstensih ve Üretim Yeri `Umar b. `Abdallah b. `Umar al-Shafi’i, Cairo

Yazı Tipi Naskh script