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Main Title: Hamzanama (NY Met) | Image Title: Full view of a folio entitled "Assad ibn Kariba attacks the army of Iraj suddenly by night"; (18.44.1) 16697271

Title	Main Title: Hamzanama (NY Met) \| Image Title: Full view of a folio entitled "Assad ibn Kariba attacks the army of Iraj suddenly by night"; (18.44.1) 16697271
Author	Attributed to Mithra, Indian, Daswanth, Indian artist, 1560-1584 (Painter)
Publication Date:	1560 \| 1580 \| ca. 1570
Publication Place	- Harvard University Library
Subject	miniatures (paintings) \| painted manuscripts \| Islamic art \| storytelling \| legends \| Persian \| heroes \| more \| less
Type	belge
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	70.8 x 54.9 cm.
Library:	Digital Library of the Middle East
Library Asset ID	W738593_URN-3:FHCL:28264818
Record ID	harvard_scw-13773
Library Location	Fine Arts Library, Harvard University
Date	1560 \| 1580 \| ca. 1570
Notes	Illustrated folios from an illustrated manuscript of Hamzanama \| Culture: Islamic, Indian \| Materials/Techniques: ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on cloth; mounted on paper \| Note: Attribution: Attributed to Dasavanta, author (India) \| Note: Historical: A multivolume, large‑scale copy of the text made for the emperor Akbar, which took approximately fifteen years to complete. Unlike most books, its paintings were possibly meant to be held up for an audience while a storyteller recited the text. \| Note: Provenance: Reiza Khan Monif, Paris and New York (until 1924; his sale, Anderson Galleries, New York, February 29, 1924, lot 165, to MMA). Rogers Fund, 1924. \| more \| less
Parçası Olduğu	Stuart Cary Welch Islamic and South Asian Photographic Collection

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Main Title: Hamzanama (NY Met) | Image Title: Full view of a folio entitled "Assad ibn Kariba attacks the army of Iraj suddenly by night"; (18.44.1) 16697271

Author Attributed to Mithra, Indian, Daswanth, Indian artist, 1560-1584 (Painter)

Publication Date 1560 | 1580 | ca. 1570

Publication Place - Harvard University Library

Type belge

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 70.8 x 54.9 cm.

Library Digital Library of the Middle East

Library Asset ID W738593_URN-3:FHCL:28264818

Record ID harvard_scw-13773

Library Location Fine Arts Library, Harvard University

Date 1560 | 1580 | ca. 1570

Notes Illustrated folios from an illustrated manuscript of Hamzanama | Culture: Islamic, Indian | Materials/Techniques: ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on cloth; mounted on paper | Note: Attribution: Attributed to Dasavanta, author (India) | Note: Historical: A multivolume, large‑scale copy of the text made for the emperor Akbar, which took approximately fifteen years to complete. Unlike most books, its paintings were possibly meant to be held up for an audience while a storyteller recited the text. | Note: Provenance: Reiza Khan Monif, Paris and New York (until 1924; his sale, Anderson Galleries, New York, February 29, 1924, lot 165, to MMA). Rogers Fund, 1924. | more | less

Parçası Olduğu Stuart Cary Welch Islamic and South Asian Photographic Collection