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Source Description
On this folio from Walters manuscript W.626, a peasant carries a lion from a compound in the darkness of night. The peasant has mistaken the lion, who had devoured one of his cows, for one of the selfsame cows.
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Document identity
localId
83731
label
A Peasant Carries a Lion
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object
citationUrl
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Source metadata
id
83731
contentType
object
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normalized
title
A Peasant Carries a Lion
description
On this folio from Walters manuscript W.626, a peasant carries a lion from a compound in the darkness of night. The peasant has mistaken the lion, who had devoured one of his cows, for one of the selfsame cows.
provenance
Ibrahim [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [round seal impression, Ibrahim (...) on front flyleaf iia]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1073 AH/AD 1663
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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1
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1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
26.5
height
15
dimensionsRaw
H: 10 7/16 x W: 5 7/8 in. (26.5 x 15 cm)
Source extras
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Islamic
med
ink and pigments on thin laid paper (probably Kashmiri)
creator_ids
15727
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MSS
ISL
MIS
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none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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