Woman Playing the Lute

Hariri

Maqamat (Assemblies) of al-Hariri

dc.coverage.spatial	Creation location: Cairo (Egypt)	en_US
dc.creator	Hariri	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2007-07-23T17:49:37Z
dc.date.available	2007-07-23T17:49:37Z
dc.identifier	029265	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/19887	en_US
dc.description	6 figures (3 men, 3 women); one woman playing lute; two male figures and one female holding glasses1) "A second, equally distinctive style emerged during the second quarter of the 14th century. The earliest example is found in a copy of the Maqamat (1333–4; Vienna, Österreich. Nbib., MS. A.F. 9). The style of illustration has many similarities with contemporary Koran illumination (see §3(i) above) and the chinoiserie style found in Iranian manuscripts of the same period (see §§(b) and (c) below). All the manuscripts in this tight group are lavishly decorated. The paintings are executed on a gold ground and have a thick gold frame surrounded by a ruled blue line with finials at each corner. The text is ornamented with whirling gold rosettes and illuminated chapter-headings in the manner of contemporary Korans. Despite the gold ground, the illustrations experiment with landscape and composition; they use the frame to create spatial tension and allow figures or animals to break out of it for increased dramatic effect. These spatial experiments and the exotic flora and fauna depicted—lotuses, peonies, gnarled trees, phoenixes and dragons—show the impact of Chinese pictorial conventions, which were probably received via Persian illustrated manuscripts as well as from the Chinese textiles and porcelains so popular at the Mamluk court. A new figural type with heavy Mongol features and thick black hair is probably intended to resemble members of the Mamluk élite." 2) "Before the end of the 14th century most patrons and collectors of illustrated literary manuscripts were not the Turkish-speaking Mamluks but educated members of the Arabic-speaking middle class, which included the sons of Mamluks. Several illustrated manuscripts contain the names of sons of Mamluks, and, although Arab patrons were not in the habit of adding their names to manuscripts, the name of a tax inspector from Damascus appears on a copy (1323; London, BL, Add. MS. 7293) of the Maqamat (‘Assemblies’) of al-Hariri, which he bought in 1375–6. Many of the texts popular with these patrons—the tales of the roguish adventurer Abu Zayd that al-Hariri brought together in his Maqamat..."	en_US
dc.description	full view, 2000	en_US
dc.format.medium	paper (fiber product)	en_US
dc.format.medium	parchment	en_US
dc.format.medium	vellum (parchment)	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	104820	en_US
dc.subject	Banquets	en_US
dc.subject	Fables	en_US
dc.subject	Lutes	en_US
dc.subject	Miniatures (Paintings)	en_US
dc.subject	Musical instruments	en_US
dc.subject	Prostitutes	en_US
dc.subject	Travel literature	en_US
dc.subject	Lutenists	en_US
dc.subject	Islam -- History	en_US
dc.subject	Kings and rulers	en_US
dc.subject	Hariri, 1054-1122	en_US
dc.subject	Harairi, 1054-1122. Maqamat. Persian & Arabic	en_US
dc.subject	Tales	en_US
dc.subject	Illumination of books and manuscripts, Islamic	en_US
dc.title	Woman Playing the Lute	en_US
dc.title	Maqamat (Assemblies) of al-Hariri	en_US
dc.type	Image	en_US
dc.rights.access	All rights reserved	en_US
dc.publisher.institution	Repository: Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (Vienna, Austria)	en_US
vra.culturalContext	Islamic	en_US
vra.culturalContext	Egyptian (modern)	en_US
vra.technique	handwriting	en_US
vra.technique	illustration (process)	en_US
vra.worktype	Manuscript (document genre)	en_US
vra.worktype	Miniature (painting)	en_US
dc.contributor.display	author: text by Hariri (Islamic, 1054-1122)	en_US