File:Gentil Album(1774)-fol34-Sisteme du monde.jpg
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Earth supported by a stack consisting of an angel, ruby mountain, multi-horned bull, and fish. Islamic cosmography.
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English: Islamic cosmography, depicting a stack of 7-layered earth disks (top disk seen rimmed by emerald mountains and ocean on outer circumference), held up by an angel standing on a mound of rubies, balancing on numerous horns of a bull, which stands on a cosmic fish's back. Text in French (some Arabic) by Massabi and Meschat. From The Gentil Album (58 pages of drawings bound in a volume, made in 1774), p. 34. Held by the Victoria and Albert Museum |
| Date | before 1774 (binding date) |
| Source | Ramaswamy, Sumathi. Going Global in Mughal India 74. Duke University.; album; pdf text |
| Author | Unknown author |
Sisteme du monde selon les mahometans de l'indoustan[1]
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Massabi and Meschat (commentaries) |
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Sisteme du monde selon les mahometans de l'indoustan[1] |
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Description of Islamic cosmography, in French |
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| Date | unknown; leather-binding in 1774 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 53.5 cm (21 in); width: 37 cm (14.5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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shelfmark: IS.25: 35-1980 |
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| Place of creation | Faizabad, Oudh (leather-binding) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | Ramaswamy (op. cit.) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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- ↑ Ramaswamy, Sumathi. Going Global in Mughal India 74. Duke University.; album; pdf text
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