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Source Description
The wearer of this helmet would have been protected by the sturdy steel cap and nasal (the thin section that slid down over the nose) and by the chain mail around the face and neck. Further protection for the Muslim warrior, who may have been a cavalryman, was provided by the inscription, now largely effaced, at the cap's lower edge. It is part of a verse from the Qur'an that ends: "God is all-hearing, all-knowing" (Sura al-Baqara: chapter 2, verse 256). The overall arabesque, or scrollwork, design above the inscription is another common decorative motif on Islamic armor.
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Document identity
localId
5582
label
Helmet with Nose Guard and Chain Mail
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
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5582
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object
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normalized
title
Helmet with Nose Guard and Chain Mail
description
The wearer of this helmet would have been protected by the sturdy steel cap and nasal (the thin section that slid down over the nose) and by the chain mail around the face and neck. Further protection for the Muslim warrior, who may have been a cavalryman, was provided by the inscription, now largely effaced, at the cap's lower edge. It is part of a verse from the Qur'an that ends: "God is all-hearing, all-knowing" (Sura al-Baqara: chapter 2, verse 256). The overall arabesque, or scrollwork, design above the inscription is another common decorative motif on Islamic armor.
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1911, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
17th-18th century (Early Modern)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
helmets
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
34.7
height
20.4
dimensionsRaw
13 11/16 x 8 1/16 in. (34.7 x 20.4 cm) (diam.)
Source extras
med
steel, inlaid with gold
creator_ids
6747
collection_ids
ARM
ISL
exhibition_ids
292
320
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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