Author: Vincenzo Clarizia
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1803270330
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
This book presents a detailed overview of the firearms used in Oman over the last four centuries. Portable firearms, rifles and cannons are all discussed in detail with supporting illustrations. The weapons described in this book are mostly from the National Museum Oman and Bait al Zubair Museum in Muscat.
Ancient Weapons of Oman. Volume 2: Firearms
Author: Vincenzo Clarizia
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1803270330
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
This book presents a detailed overview of the firearms used in Oman over the last four centuries. Portable firearms, rifles and cannons are all discussed in detail with supporting illustrations. The weapons described in this book are mostly from the National Museum Oman and Bait al Zubair Museum in Muscat.
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1803270330
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
This book presents a detailed overview of the firearms used in Oman over the last four centuries. Portable firearms, rifles and cannons are all discussed in detail with supporting illustrations. The weapons described in this book are mostly from the National Museum Oman and Bait al Zubair Museum in Muscat.
Islamic Arms and Armor in The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Author: David G. Alexander
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 1588395707
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Armor and weaponry were central to Islamic culture not only as a means of conquest and the spread of the faith, but also as symbols of status, wealth, and power. The finest arms were made by master craftsmen working with the leading designers, goldsmiths, and jewelers, whose work transformed utilitarian military equipment into courtly works of art. This book reveals the diversity and artistic quality of one of the most important and encyclopedic collections of its kind in the West. The Metropolitan Museum's holdings span ten centuries and include representative pieces from almost every Islamic culture from Spain to the Caucasus. The collection includes rare early works, among them the oldest documented Islamic sword, and is rich in helmets and body armor, decorated with calligraphy and arabesques, that were worn in Iran and Anatolia in the late fifteenth century. Other masterpieces include a jeweled short sword (yatagan) with a blade of "watered" steel that comes from the court of Süleyman the Magnificent, a seventeenth-century gold-inlaid armor associated with Shah Jahan, and two gold-inlaid flintlock firearms belonging to the guard of Tipu Sultan of Mysore. Presenting 126 objects, each handsomely photographed and richly documented with a detailed description and discussion of its technical, historical, and artistic importance, this overview of the Met's holdings is supplemented by an introductory essay on the formation of the collection, and appendixes on iconography and on Turkman-style armor.
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 1588395707
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Armor and weaponry were central to Islamic culture not only as a means of conquest and the spread of the faith, but also as symbols of status, wealth, and power. The finest arms were made by master craftsmen working with the leading designers, goldsmiths, and jewelers, whose work transformed utilitarian military equipment into courtly works of art. This book reveals the diversity and artistic quality of one of the most important and encyclopedic collections of its kind in the West. The Metropolitan Museum's holdings span ten centuries and include representative pieces from almost every Islamic culture from Spain to the Caucasus. The collection includes rare early works, among them the oldest documented Islamic sword, and is rich in helmets and body armor, decorated with calligraphy and arabesques, that were worn in Iran and Anatolia in the late fifteenth century. Other masterpieces include a jeweled short sword (yatagan) with a blade of "watered" steel that comes from the court of Süleyman the Magnificent, a seventeenth-century gold-inlaid armor associated with Shah Jahan, and two gold-inlaid flintlock firearms belonging to the guard of Tipu Sultan of Mysore. Presenting 126 objects, each handsomely photographed and richly documented with a detailed description and discussion of its technical, historical, and artistic importance, this overview of the Met's holdings is supplemented by an introductory essay on the formation of the collection, and appendixes on iconography and on Turkman-style armor.
Ancient Weapons of Oman. Volume 1: Edged Weapons
Author: Vincenzo Clarizia
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1803270314
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Omani men carried personal weapons until relatively recently. Swords and daggers were part of daily life attire and are still worn in social events. This book describes all the main types of Omani edged weapons, their origin, structure and accessories, with supporting illustrations and references to examples from museums and private collections.
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1803270314
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Omani men carried personal weapons until relatively recently. Swords and daggers were part of daily life attire and are still worn in social events. This book describes all the main types of Omani edged weapons, their origin, structure and accessories, with supporting illustrations and references to examples from museums and private collections.
Islamic Arms and Armour
Author: Robert Elgood
Publisher:
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
British Museum Catalogue of printed Books
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Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
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Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Library Catalog
Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). Library
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 994
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 994
Book Description
Catalogue of Books
Author: John Woodman Higgins Memorial Library
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Category : Armor
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
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Category : Armor
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Library Catalog of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). Library
Publisher:
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 998
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 998
Book Description
Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the British Museum
Author: British Library
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 1082
Book Description
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Languages : en
Pages : 1082
Book Description
The Complete Encyclopaedia of Arms & Weapons
Author: Leonid Tarassuk
Publisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description