[meteorite-list] Meteorite miniatures

From: Matthias Bärmann <majbaermann_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 00:33:27 +0200
Message-ID: <E0C48B50459D4C57B62BB67A6EA52E63_at_thinkcentre>

Hello all,

as far as I know the iconological context of this scene is the destruction
of all idols which Mohammed found at this place, the Kaaba. Idol (eidolon)
means: image in the sense of portrayal. The Black Stone, Haschr al-Aswad
(Hi, Svend ;-), in contrary, was not an idol, it was an i c o n : not
imitation: representation, or better: realisation.

In the case of the 14th cent. miniature from the J?ME? al-TAW?RI?: the
depiction of the Prophet isn't such unusual, Martin, as it is Persian art -
in medieval times far more liberal and free as, alas!, today.

The carpet on the early miniature from the J?ME? al-TAW?RI? with this
typical synthesis of plantal and geometrical ornaments, carrying the Black
Stone, seems to be a work of the Silk Road, most probably region of Kashgar.

Best Regards,

Matthias

----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Altmann" <altmann at meteorite-martin.de>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Monday, October 04, 2010 11:56 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite miniatures


> Here the same scene from the Siyer-i-Nebi,
> in the manuscript ordered by Ottoman Murad III. 1595.
> (Volumes in Topkapi museum, New York & Dublin).
>
> http://kuerzer.de/siyer
>
> Best!
> Martin
>
>
> -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
> [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] Im Auftrag von Andr?
> Kn?fel
> Gesendet: Montag, 4. Oktober 2010 23:32
> An: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite miniatures
>
> BTW: This painting is called 'Mohammed at the Kaaba'
>> It's a painting from the History of the World (J?ME? al-TAW?RI?)
>> by Ra?id-al-Din from Tabriz, Persia
>> from the Edinburgh manuscript, which is dated at 1307.
>>
>
> ______________________________________________
> Visit the Archives at
> http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html
> Meteorite-list mailing list
> Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
>
> ______________________________________________
> Visit the Archives at
> http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html
> Meteorite-list mailing list
> Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
>
Received on Mon 04 Oct 2010 06:33:27 PM PDT