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] - [creator not identified
Subject	Temples -- India -- 19th century -- Pictorial works, Weapons -- India -- 19th century -- Pictorial works
Type	kitap
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	65 leaves (some folded) of watercolour drawings with accompanying text : chiefly illustrations ; 220 mm., 250 mm., 230 mm. (4to)
Library:	University of Michigan Library
Library Asset ID	1374614769
Record ID	11103024597
Library Location	Flint Thompson Library, UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library
Date	1800
Notes	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., Some misspellings and grammatical errors., No title page; title devised by cataloguer.
Sample Text	Figures of Indian weapons -- Flags and standards of native princes -- Jaina or Shavruka temples and images.
Akademik Disiplin	Arts \| Art History, Arts \| Art and Design
Akademik Disiplin[]	Arts \| Art History, Arts \| Art and Design
Son Dizinleme Tarihi	20251208
Biçim	Book, Manuscript, Photographs & Pictorial Works, Available Online
Medya Biçimi	Mode of access: Internet.
Konular (Diğer)	1800-1899, Weapons, Temples, Armes -- Inde -- 19e siècle -- Ouvrages illustrés, India, Pictorial works

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

Publication Date 1800

Publication Place [India] - [creator not identified

Subject Temples -- India -- 19th century -- Pictorial works, Weapons -- India -- 19th century -- Pictorial works

Type kitap

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 65 leaves (some folded) of watercolour drawings with accompanying text : chiefly illustrations ; 220 mm., 250 mm., 230 mm. (4to)

Library University of Michigan Library

Library Asset ID 1374614769

Record ID 11103024597

Library Location Flint Thompson Library, UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library

Date 1800

Notes 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., Some misspellings and grammatical errors., No title page; title devised by cataloguer.

Sample Text Figures of Indian weapons -- Flags and standards of native princes -- Jaina or Shavruka temples and images.

Akademik Disiplin Arts | Art History, Arts | Art and Design

Akademik Disiplin[] Arts | Art History, Arts | Art and Design

Son Dizinleme Tarihi 20251208

Biçim Book, Manuscript, Photographs & Pictorial Works, Available Online

Medya Biçimi Mode of access: Internet.

Konular (Diğer) 1800-1899, Weapons, Temples, Armes -- Inde -- 19e siècle -- Ouvrages illustrés, India, Pictorial works