Early 19th century Indian sketchbook of arms, standards, and temples.

Title Early 19th century Indian sketchbook of arms, standards, and temples.
Publication Date: 1800
Publication Place [India] -
Subject 1800-1899, Weapons India 19th century ; Pictorial works., Temples India 19th century ; Pictorial works., Armes Inde 19e siècle ; Ouvrages illustrés., Temples, Weapons, India
Type kitap
Language eng,fas,san
Digital Yes
Manuscript No
Pages Count 65
Physical Dimensions 1 online resource (65 leaves (some folded) of watercolour drawings with accompanying text) : chiefly illustrations
Library: jisc
Record ID q_language%3A%20per_sort_year_rn_1009
Library Location University of East Anglia Library
Date 1800
Notes No title page; title devised by cataloguer., Some misspellings and grammatical errors., Clearly written manuscript of the late Mughal period, beautifully illustrated with watercoour miniatures, many heightened with gold of weapons, flags, images and plans of Jaina and Savruka temples. The section on weapons has 23 pictures of single weapons, with their names in Sanskrit and Persian with Romanized transliteration below. Each is interleaved with a smaller leaf describing the weapon in English on the recto and in Persian (Arabic script) on the verso; each is followed by a full page sketch of a person holding the weapon. The section on flags or standards contains 9 full colour illustrations of the standards of Mughal rulers with their bearers mounted on richly caparisoned elephants; each is identified on the verso in Sanskrit and English, and they are followed by five pages describing them in English. The Mughal rulers identified have standards with insignia of fish (4), a golden stripe, the sun and moon, lion, hand (2), and five colours, The last part has 24 cross-legged images followed by temples, showing their layouts and numbered 25 to 33, of which numbers 30 and 33 are very large, carefully folded., Accompanying text in Sanskrit, English and Persian., Print version record
Sample Text Figures of Indian weapons -- Flags and standards of native princes -- Jaina or Shavruka temples and images.
Tür Pictorial works, still image
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Early 19th century Indian sketchbook of arms, standards, and temples.

Publication Date 1800
Publication Place [India] -
Subject 1800-1899, Weapons India 19th century ; Pictorial works., Temples India 19th century ; Pictorial works., Armes Inde 19e siècle ; Ouvrages illustrés., Temples, Weapons, India
Type kitap
Language eng,fas,san
Digital Yes
Manuscript No
Pages Count 65
Physical Dimensions 1 online resource (65 leaves (some folded) of watercolour drawings with accompanying text) : chiefly illustrations
Library jisc
Record ID q_language%3A%20per_sort_year_rn_1009
Library Location University of East Anglia Library
Date 1800
Notes No title page; title devised by cataloguer., Some misspellings and grammatical errors., Clearly written manuscript of the late Mughal period, beautifully illustrated with watercoour miniatures, many heightened with gold of weapons, flags, images and plans of Jaina and Savruka temples. The section on weapons has 23 pictures of single weapons, with their names in Sanskrit and Persian with Romanized transliteration below. Each is interleaved with a smaller leaf describing the weapon in English on the recto and in Persian (Arabic script) on the verso; each is followed by a full page sketch of a person holding the weapon. The section on flags or standards contains 9 full colour illustrations of the standards of Mughal rulers with their bearers mounted on richly caparisoned elephants; each is identified on the verso in Sanskrit and English, and they are followed by five pages describing them in English. The Mughal rulers identified have standards with insignia of fish (4), a golden stripe, the sun and moon, lion, hand (2), and five colours, The last part has 24 cross-legged images followed by temples, showing their layouts and numbered 25 to 33, of which numbers 30 and 33 are very large, carefully folded., Accompanying text in Sanskrit, English and Persian., Print version record
Sample Text Figures of Indian weapons -- Flags and standards of native princes -- Jaina or Shavruka temples and images.
Tür Pictorial works, still image
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