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Catalogue of the Collection of Arms and Armour Formed Early in the 19th Century
Author | : John Beardmore |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 12 |
Release | : 1921 |
Genre | : Sale catalogues |
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Catalogue of the Collection of Arms & Armour, Formed Early in the 19th Century ... to be Sold by Christie, Manson & Woods, July 5, 1921
Author | : John Beardmore |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 18 |
Release | : 1921 |
Genre | : Arms and armor |
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Catalogue of the Collection of Arms & Armour Formed Early in the 19th Century by the Late John Beardmore, Esq., of Uplands, Near Fareham, Hants, and Now Sold by Order of Colonel H. Cary Batten ...
Author | : Christie, Manson & Woods |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 18 |
Release | : 1921 |
Genre | : Armor |
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Islamic Arms and Armor in The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Author | : David G. Alexander |
Publisher | : Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Total Pages | : 350 |
Release | : 2015-12-31 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1588395707 |
Armor and weaponry were central to Islamic culture not only as a means of conquest and the spread of the faith, but also as symbols of status, wealth, and power. The finest arms were made by master craftsmen working with the leading designers, goldsmiths, and jewelers, whose work transformed utilitarian military equipment into courtly works of art. This book reveals the diversity and artistic quality of one of the most important and encyclopedic collections of its kind in the West. The Metropolitan Museum's holdings span ten centuries and include representative pieces from almost every Islamic culture from Spain to the Caucasus. The collection includes rare early works, among them the oldest documented Islamic sword, and is rich in helmets and body armor, decorated with calligraphy and arabesques, that were worn in Iran and Anatolia in the late fifteenth century. Other masterpieces include a jeweled short sword (yatagan) with a blade of "watered" steel that comes from the court of Süleyman the Magnificent, a seventeenth-century gold-inlaid armor associated with Shah Jahan, and two gold-inlaid flintlock firearms belonging to the guard of Tipu Sultan of Mysore. Presenting 126 objects, each handsomely photographed and richly documented with a detailed description and discussion of its technical, historical, and artistic importance, this overview of the Met's holdings is supplemented by an introductory essay on the formation of the collection, and appendixes on iconography and on Turkman-style armor.