Goobi - ba0d8 - 2020-08-02 18:16:45+0000
Goobi
Detached folio, ink, pigments and gold on paper, painting (on recto) and Arabic text, from a set of twelve detached folios and one codex, Cairo, Egypt, dated 1366.
Painting: two horsemen turning in the saddle to aim lances at each other, with side caption: "Image of two horsemen whose lance-heads are between each other's shoulderblades".
First composed in Mamluk Damascus, al-Aqsara'i's well-known military encyclopaedia describes the many skills required for an effective cavalry army, organised in twelve lessons. This painting is from Lesson Two, "On the Use of the Lance". There is an extensive Arabic literature on the arts of horsemanship, and this copy (made in Cairo in 1366) is one of the earliest illustrated examples in existence. These arts include the care and training of horses, the correct handling of weapons, and equestrian parade displays for the hippodrome, as well as cavalry formations in battle, just distribution of war booty, and treaty negotiations.
Two horsemen aiming their lances, from Manual on the Arts of Horsemanship (Nihayat al-su’l wa al-umniya fi ta‘allum ‘amal al-furusiyya) by al-Aqsara'i
Ar 5655.116
Ar_5655_116
Arabic collection
Arabic (language)
Approved Category 2017/Manuscript/Codex/Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)
Approved Place 2018/Africa/Syria/Damascus
Approved Place 2018/Africa/Egypt/Cairo
Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)
Naskh script
1366 (767H)
1366
1348
1366
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Approved Material 2018/Organic/Plant (material)/Plant fibre/Paper (material)
Approved Material 2018/Materials/Colourant (material)/Pigment (material)
Approved Material 2018/Materials/Coating material/Ink (material)
Approved Material 2018/Inorganic/Metal (material)/Non-ferrous metal/Gold
Paper (material)
Pigment (material)
Ink (material)
Gold
GOOD
300 mm x 210 mm (height x width)
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`Umar b. `Abdallah b. `Umar al-Shafi’i
`Umar b. `Abdallah b. `Umar al-Shafi’i
Cairo
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