COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
MMA_.1981.320
AMICA Library Year:
2000
Object Type:
Architecture
Creator Nationality:
Asian; Indian Sub-Continent; Indian
Creator Name-CRT:
Attributed to Bengal, India
Title:
Panel
Title Type:
Object name
Title:
Dedicatory Inscription from a Mosque in Tughra Script
View:
Full View
Creation Date:
dated 905 AH to 1500 A.D.
Creation Start Date:
1493
Creation End Date:
1500
Materials and Techniques:
Black schist
Classification Term:
Stone
Dimensions:
H. 16 1/8 in. (41 cm), W. 45 5/16 in. (115.1 cm), D. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
AMICA Contributor:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location:
New York, New York, USA
ID Number:
1981.320
Credit Line:
Purchase, Gift of Mrs. Nelson Doubleday and Bequest of Charles R. Gerth, by exchange, 1981
Context:
This dedicatory inscription in 'tughra' script, dated A.H. 905 / A.D. 1500, is from a mosque in western Bengal built for Prince Daniyal, a son of Sultan Husaynshah. The inscription is an outstanding example of Indo-Muslim epigraphy: the regular pattern in which the vertical letters are arranged and the skillfully inserted, bowlike words that structure the pattern are typical of Muslim calligraphy in medieval Bengal and later in the Deccan.
Related Image Identifier Link:
MMA_.is1981.320.R.tif
