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Walters Ms. W.698, Single leaf of a Mughal court scene

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Shelf mark

W.698


Manuscript

Single leaf of a Mughal court scene


Text title
Mughal court scene

Abstract

This Mughal painting, attributable to the twelfth century AH / eighteenth CE, depicts a court scene with a learned man addressing a seated Mughal ruler, most probably Jahāngīr (d. 1037 AH / 1627 CE). The painted images of Jesus and Mary behind him are found in other illustrations and are attested to in extant murals from Mughal India. On the back are Persian verses written in nastaʿlīq script. The text is surrounded by an illuminated floral border comparable to those produced during the reign of Shah Jahan (r. 1037 AH / 1628 CE -- 1068 AH / 1657 CE).


Date

12th century AH / 18th CE


Origin

India


Form

Leaf


Genre

Historical


Language:

The primary language in this manuscript is Persian.


Extent

Foliation: Not applicable


Dimensions

22.5 cm wide by 33.7 cm high


Contents:
fols. W.698a - W.698b:
  1. Title: Mughal court scene
  2. Hand note: Written in nastaʿlīq script

Decoration:

fol. W.698a:

  1. W.698, fol. W.698a
  2. Title: Mughal court scene
  3. Form: Painting
  4. Label: This Mughal painting, attributable to the twelfth century AH / eighteenth CE, depicts a court scene with a learned man addressing a seated Mughal ruler, most probably Jahāngīr (d. 1037 AH / 1627 CE). The painted images of Jesus and Mary behind him are found in other illustrations and are attested to in extant murals from Mughal India.

fol. W.698b:

  1. W.698, fol. W.698b
  2. Title: Text page
  3. Form: Text page
  4. Label: This text page, written in nastaʿlīq script, is surrounded by an illuminated floral border comparable to those produced during the reign of Shah Jahan (r. 1037 AH / 1628 CE -- 1068 AH / 1657 CE).

Acquisition

Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequest


Contributors

Principal cataloger: Gacek, Adam

Catalogers: Landau, Amy; Smith, Sita

Editor: Bockrath, Diane

Conservators: Jewell, Stephanie; Quandt, Abigail

Contributors: Barrera, Christina; Emery, Doug; Herbert, Lynley; Noel, William; Simpson, Shreve; Tabritha, Ariel; Toth, Michael B.; Valle, Chiara


Publisher

The Walters Art Museum


License

Licensed for use under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported Access Rights, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/legalcode. It is requested that copies of any published articles based on the information in this data set be sent to the curator of manuscripts, The Walters Art Museum, 600 North Charles Street, Baltimore MD 21201.