Astrologer (a Brahmin who interprets the almanac for villagers) and wife: the man holds a palm-leaf manuscript.
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Astrologer (a Brahmin who interprets the almanac for villagers) and wife; the man holds a palm-leaf manuscript. Inscribed: ‘A Panchangee or Kalender & his Wife.’
Three astrological paintings cut from a manuscript and mounted together
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Three miniature paintings, cut from an astrological manuscript and mounted together, one above and two below, the empty spaces filled with illumination. Bukhara style: third quarter sixteenth century. 1. A winged bearded man, holding a paper inscribed with the ‘bismillah,’ seated on a four-leg...
'Aja'ib al-Makhluqat, of unknown authorship, dedicated to the Seljuk Sultan Tughril (reg. 1175-93). Ms is defective and now contains 122 miniatures in a primitve Sultanate style.
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'Aja'ib al-Makhluqat, of unknown authorship, dedicated to the Seljuk Sultan Tughril (reg. 1175-93). Ms is defective and now contains 122 miniatures in a primitve Sultanate style.
Nathaniel Wallich, MD. FRS. Professor of Botany, Medical College, Calcutta. Published by the Medical Journal Press, Calcutta, c1840's. Portrait by Colesworthy Grant from Lithographic Sketches of the Public Characters of Calcutta Calcutta, 1838-1850. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
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Nathaniel Wallich, MD. FRS. Professor of Botany, Medical College, Calcutta. Published by the Medical Journal Press, Calcutta, c1840's. Portrait by Colesworthy Grant from Lithographic Sketches of the Public Characters of Calcutta Calcutta, 1838-1850.. Artist(s): Grant, Colesworthy (1813-1880)
The Joshi, or village astrologer, squatting on the ground with a horoscope in his hand. March 1872. Artist(s): Kipling, John Lockwood (1837-1911)
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The ‘Joshi,’ or village astrologer, squatting on the ground with a horoscope in his hand. March 1872. Inscribed on front in water-colour: ‘J.L.K. Khangaum March 1872;’ on back in pencil: ‘No 24. The Josi (village priest and astrologer).’