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Walters Ms. W.794, Single leaf of a Portuguese guard holding a double-pointed lance

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Shelf mark

W.794


Manuscript

Single leaf of a Portuguese guard holding a double-pointed lance


Text title
Portuguese guard holding a double-pointed lance

Abstract

This Mughal drawing with highlights of color is attributable to the early eleventh century AH / seventeenth CE. It appears to have been based on a European print. The back is an unsigned and undated calligraphy page written in nastaʿlīq script.


Date

11th century AH / 17th CE


Origin

India


Form

Leaf


Genre

Historical


Language:

The primary language in this manuscript is Persian.


Extent

Foliation: Not applicable


Dimensions

16.3 cm wide by 24.5 cm high


Contents:
fols. W.794a - W.794b:
  1. Title: Portuguese guard holding a double-pointed lance
  2. Hand note: Written in nastaʿlīq script

Decoration:

fol. W.794a:

  1. W.794, fol. W.794a
  2. Title: Portuguese guard holding a double-pointed lance
  3. Form: Drawing

fol. W.794b:

  1. W.794, fol. W.794b
  2. Title: Calligraphy page
  3. Form: Calligraphy page

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.