The Digital Walters is a branch of The Walters Art Museum Manuscripts Department.
The Digital Walters is a branch of The Walters Art Museum Manuscripts Department.
This color wash and illuminated drawing depicts an elephant with two archers attacking a rider on horseback. The attribution in the lower right corner reads "the work of Thākur Dās." The image is surrounded by illuminated frames and a border of pink-tinted, gold-sprinkled paper. On the back is an unsigned sample of calligraphy in nastaʿlīq script in both Arabic and Persian.
Written in nastaʿlīq script
artist: Thākur Dās
Principal cataloger: Gacek, Adam
Cataloger: Landau, Amy
Cataloger: Smith, Sita
Editor: Bockrath, Diane
Contributor: Barrera, Christina
Contributor: Emery, Doug
Contributor: Herbert, Lynley
Contributor: Noel, William
Contributor: Simpson, Shreve
Contributor: Tabritha, Ariel
Contributor: Toth, Michael B.
Contributor: Valle, Chiara
Conservator: Jewell, Stephanie
Conservator: Quandt, Abigail
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
India
11th century AH / 17th CE
leaf
The primary language in this manuscript is Persian. The secondary language of this manuscript is Arabic.
Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequest
India
11th century AH / 17th CE
leaf
The primary language in this manuscript is Persian. The secondary language of this manuscript is Arabic.
Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequest
This color wash and illuminated drawing depicts an elephant with two archers attacking a rider on horseback. The attribution in the lower right corner reads "the work of Thākur Dās." The image is surrounded by illuminated frames and a border of pink-tinted, gold-sprinkled paper. On the back is an unsigned sample of calligraphy in nastaʿlīq script in both Arabic and Persian.
Written in nastaʿlīq script
artist: Thākur Dās
Principal cataloger: Gacek, Adam
Cataloger: Landau, Amy
Cataloger: Smith, Sita
Editor: Bockrath, Diane
Contributor: Barrera, Christina
Contributor: Emery, Doug
Contributor: Herbert, Lynley
Contributor: Noel, William
Contributor: Simpson, Shreve
Contributor: Tabritha, Ariel
Contributor: Toth, Michael B.
Contributor: Valle, Chiara
Conservator: Jewell, Stephanie
Conservator: Quandt, Abigail
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
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