Walters Ms. W.746, Single leaf of a man spinning cottonMan spinning cottonPrincipal catalogerGacek, AdamCatalogerLandau, AmyCatalogerSmith, SitaEditorBockrath, DianeContributorBarrera, ChristinaContributorEmery, DougContributorHerbert, LynleyContributorNoel, WilliamContributorSimpson, ShreveContributorTabritha, ArielContributorToth, Michael B.ContributorValle, ChiaraConservatorJewell, StephanieConservatorQuandt, AbigailThe Walters Art Museum

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This is a drawing depicting a man spinning cotton. It was executed in the mid tenth century AH / sixteenth CE in Iran, possibly in Qazwīn. The drawing is framed by verses in nastaʿlīq script inscribed in panels, and the whole is surrounded by an outer border with animals and vegetal decoration on a blue background.BaltimoreThe Walters Art MuseumW.746The primary language in this manuscript is Persian.fols. W.746a - W.746bMan spinning cotton

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Foliation: Not applicable36.023.5Image: 7.6 cm wide by 12.0 highWritten in nastaʿlīq scriptOuter border of blue-tinted paper with illuminated animal and floral motifs; inner salmon-colored border with illuminated motifsMan spinning cottonDrawingThis is a drawing depicting a man spinning cotton. It was executed in the mid tenth century AH / sixteenth CE in Iran, possibly in Qazwīn. The drawing is framed by verses in nastaʿlīq script inscribed in panels, and the whole is surrounded by an outer border with animals and vegetal decoration on a blue background.Man spinning cotton (back)BackMid 10th century AH / 16th CEIranWalters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequestRelevant WorksGrube, Ernst J. and Maria Alberta Fabris. Muslim Miniature Paintings from the XIII to XIX Century from Collections in the United States and Canada: Catalogue of the Exhibition. (Venezia: N. Pozza, 1962), 117.Robinson, B. W. Persian Drawings from the 14th through the 19th Century. New York: Shorewood Publishers, 1965.Atil, Esin. The Brush of the Masters: Drawings from Iran and India. Washington, D.C.: Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1978.Swietochowski, M. L., and S. Babaie. Persian Drawings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1989.ArtMedicineMuseumPoetryScriptMuhammad, the ProphetKashmiriHorsesWalters Art MuseumBlockbookDocumentGeneologyAstrologyDevotionHistoryLegalLiterature -- PoetryLiterature -- ProseLiturgyPhilosophyScienceScience -- MedicineScriptureSufismTheologyMineralogyLogicGeographyGeomancyCosmologyCartographyFortune-tellingKoranQur`anFirmanPalimpsestPrayerBibleGospelsPsalterMissalLectionaryBook of HoursAntiphonaryPrayerbookHomilaryProcessionalHorologionBreviaryHymnalChroniclePsalter/HoursMaghrebSub-Saharan (West) AfricaTurkeyAfghanistanCentral Arab Lands (Near East)Central AsiaEgyptEnglandIndiaIranIraqPakistanGermanyFranceAustriaNetherlandsEthiopiaArmeniaFlandersGreeceMamlukMughalOttomanOttonianArmenianByzantineAbbasidQajarRajputChristianArabicAustrianDutchEgyptianFatimidGermanIndianIslamicPersianSafavidTimuridTurkishUmayyadEnglishFrenchFlemishEthiopianCarolingianCalligraphyChartsColophonHeadpieceIlluminationIllustrationMedallionMiniatureOrnamentPainting'Kufic'Early Abbasid scriptRaginiRomanesqueGothicWatermarkTreasure BindingGrotesquesHistoriated initialInhabited initialCarolingian MinusculeGothic Book handWhite-vine letteringEnglish secretaryTexturaBatardaHumanisticUncialAccordion bookAlbumBookCodexManuscriptHeraldrySaint's LifeDrawingGrisailleOriginal BindingBindingNew Abbasid stylecharter8th Century9th Century10th Century11th Century12th Century13th Century14th Century15th Century16th Century17th Century18th Century19th Century20th CenturyMusical notationRussiaRomaniaLiturgicalDevotionalScripturalTheologicalLegalHistoricalScientificScientific -- MedicalLiterary -- ProseLiterary -- PoetryPhilosophicalAstrologicalSufiEnglishIlluminationIllustrationIranIslamicMiniaturePersianSafavidWalters Art MuseumDrawing