Images for Instruction: A Multilingual Illustrated Dictionary in Fifteenth-Century Sultanate India

IF 0.7 2区 艺术学 0 ARCHITECTURE
Muqarnas Pub Date : 2021-12-06 DOI:10.1163/22118993-00381p04
Vivek Gupta
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Abstract

This article focuses on the Miftāḥ al-Fużalāʾ (Key of the Learned) of Muhammad ibn Muhammad Daʾud Shadiyabadi (ca. 1490). The Miftāḥ is an illustrated dictionary made in the central Indian sultanate of Malwa, based in Mandu. Although the Miftāḥ’s only illustrated copy (British Library Or 3299) contains quadruple the number of illustrations as Mandu’s famed Niʿmatnāmah (Book of Delights) and is a unicum within the arts of the Islamicate and South Asian book, it has received minimal scholarly attention. The definitions in this manuscript encompass nearly every facet of Indo-Islamicate art history. The Miftāḥ provides a vocabulary for subjects including textiles, metalwork, jewelry, arms and armor, architecture, and musical instruments. The information transmitted by the Miftāḥ is not limited to the Persian, Hindavi, Turki, and Arabic language of the text, but also includes the visual knowledge depicted in paintings. Through an analysis of this manuscript as a whole, this study proposes that the Miftāḥ’s manuscript was an object of instruction for younger members of society and utilizes wonder as a didactic tool.
教学图像:15世纪印度苏丹国的多语言插图词典
本文关注Miftāḥ 穆罕默德·伊本·穆罕默德·达乌德·沙迪亚巴迪(约1490年)的al-Fużalāʾ(学者的钥匙)。Miftāḥ 是一本图文并茂的字典,制作于印度中部的马尔瓦苏丹国,总部设在曼都。尽管Miftāḥ’其唯一的插图副本(大英图书馆或3299)包含的插图数量是曼杜著名的《欢乐之书》的四倍,是伊斯兰和南亚书籍艺术中的一本,它很少受到学术关注。这份手稿中的定义几乎涵盖了印度伊斯兰主义艺术史的方方面面。Miftāḥ 提供了包括纺织品、金属制品、珠宝、武器和盔甲、建筑和乐器在内的科目的词汇。Miftāḥ 不仅限于波斯语、印地语、突厥语和阿拉伯语的文本,还包括绘画中描绘的视觉知识。通过对该手稿的整体分析,本研究提出Miftāḥ’他的手稿是社会年轻成员的指导对象,并将奇迹作为一种教学工具。
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Muqarnas Arts and Humanities-Visual Arts and Performing Arts
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