Main Title: Tarjama-i Sirr al-maktum (a Mughal talismanic manuscript, Raza Library Rampur)
Image Title: f. 3a: Talismans associated with Thaur (Taurus): a man holding his beard; a man reading Quran (detail) 13615589

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Main Title: Tarjama-i Sirr al-maktum (a Mughal talismanic manuscript, Raza Library Rampur)
Image Title: f. 3a: Talismans associated with Thaur (Taurus): a man holding his beard; a man reading Quran (detail) 13615589
Alternative title:
A translation of 'The Hidden Secret'
al-sirr al-maktum fi mukhatabat al-nujum
The Hidden Secret in the Address of Stars
Date:
1580
c. 1580
Description:
Culture: Mughal, IslamicMaterials/Techniques: opaque watercolor, ink, paper, muslinNote: Inscription: Seal of Asaf al-Daula, Nawab of Awadh, 1776/77
Type:
still image
illuminated manuscript
Type (Narrower):
Manuscript Illuminations
Type (Broader):
Image
Subject:
illumination (image-making process)
Akbar, Emperor of Hindustan
zodiac symbols
talismans
constellations
astrology
Provenance:
Asaf al-Daula, Nawab of Awadh, Nawab of Awadh, 1775-1797 ()
Extent:
height 45.5 centimeters; width 30 centimeters
Rights:
(CC BY-NC-SA) Attribution: Harvard Fine Arts Library, Special Collections SCW2016.07911
Identifier:
8001347307_URN-3:FHCL:26366517
Is part of:
Stuart Cary Welch Islamic and South Asian Photographic Collection
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