Sword (""Shamshir"")
The scalloped blade is inscribed with an Arabic couplet: “In cowardice is shame, and in boldness is nobility. For man does not by cowardice escape from fate.”
Artifact
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id
27233
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| contentType |
contentType
object
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| stage |
stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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| rightsUri |
rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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| pageCount |
pageCount
1
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| source |
source
import
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Source image fields (5)
| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_51.13_Fnt_BW.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_51.13_Fnt_BW.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_51.13_Fnt_BW.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.13 |
Terms
Culture
Islamic