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A Study Of An Indian Muraqqaʻ From Dar Al-Kutub, Shereen Mohamad Rashad El-Mitainy
A Study Of An Indian Muraqqaʻ From Dar Al-Kutub, Shereen Mohamad Rashad El-Mitainy
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This thesis is a study of an unpublished Indian Album from the Dar al-Kutub al-Masriyya (Egyptian National Library) collection, tarikh farisi, no. 66. The album consists of 70 pages, all with paintings; 36 of them are flower and plant depictions painted especially for the muraqqa(album) and 34 are pasted-in paintings from different origins. It is undated and has no signatures or attributions presented on the pages.
Indian painting is an art that had been only recently studied, although it has
ong been appreciated for its beauty and fanciful iconography. The mid-twentieth century was the beginning of scholarly interest but it …