Abstract
This thesis is a study of an unpublished Indian Album from the Dar al-Kutub al-Masriyya (Egyptian National Library) collection, tarikh farisi, no. 66. The album consists of 70 pages, all with paintings; 36 of them are flower and plant depictions painted especially for the muraqqa(album) and 34 are pasted-in paintings from different origins. It is undated and has no signatures or attributions presented on the pages.
Indian painting is an art that had been only recently studied, although it has
ong been appreciated for its beauty and fanciful iconography. The mid-twentieth century was the beginning of scholarly interest but it was not until the late decades of the century that these studies started to become widespread. The muraqqac can be called "The Twin Muraqqac" as it presents most of its subjects in two facing paintings. The thesis attributes the different paintings to a date and provenance whenever possible, through studying the paintings' styles, colors and subject matter and comparing them to similar paintings. A copy of all the muraqqac paintings is attached to the study as well as comparable paintings for the ease of the reader to.
School
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Date of Award
6-1-2004
Online Submission Date
1-1-2004
First Advisor
Bernard O'Kane
Committee Member 1
Bernard O'Kane
Committee Member 2
George T. Scanlon
Committee Member 3
Chahinda Karim
Document Type
Thesis
Extent
223 leaves
Library of Congress Subject Heading 1
Indian painting
Library of Congress Subject Heading 2
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Indic
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APA Citation
El-Mitainy, S.
(2004).A study of an Indian muraqqaʻ from Dar al-Kutub [Thesis, the American University in Cairo]. AUC Knowledge Fountain.
https://fount.aucegypt.edu/retro_etds/1793
MLA Citation
El-Mitainy, Shereen Mohamad Rashad. A study of an Indian muraqqaʻ from Dar al-Kutub. 2004. American University in Cairo, Thesis. AUC Knowledge Fountain.
https://fount.aucegypt.edu/retro_etds/1793
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Call Number
Thesis 2004/34
Location
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