Original - This large-scale painting depicts the Battle of Mazandaran, an event in the famous Hamzanama. In this battle scene, the protagonists Khwajah 'Umar and Hamzah (nicknamed Sahib Qiran, "Owner of the Epochs") and their armies engage in fierce battle. Originally, the faces were depicted, subsequently erased by iconoclasts, and repainted in more recent times. (more context on image page)
Reason
Another reason to love the Library of Congress. This is a fantastic scan of a 16th century illuminated manuscript illustrating an important Persian romance, the Hamzanama. This is one of 1400 folios that were commissioned by
Akbar the Great. A lot of context relating to the image is on the image page, if you're interested to read more. The
verso is also available at
File:The battle of Mazandaran verso.jpg if anyone is interested (though not featurable quality it could be interesting for the few en.wikipedians who can read it...).
Support Yes, one of the other interesting ones from that collection. Good choice, high resolution, substantial EV in an underrepresented area.
DurovaCharge! 16:23, 19 January 2009 (UTC)reply
Support, but the image description page should also include the dimensions and note where it is held (both of which are on the LOC page).--
ragesoss (
talk) 16:37, 19 January 2009 (UTC)reply
Comment. Are the colors authentic? They look kind of drab-- wouldn't an image that attempted to recapture the coloration at the time that the illustration was made be more striking?
Spikebrennan (
talk) 20:02, 21 January 2009 (UTC)reply
Original - This large-scale painting depicts the Battle of Mazandaran, an event in the famous Hamzanama. In this battle scene, the protagonists Khwajah 'Umar and Hamzah (nicknamed Sahib Qiran, "Owner of the Epochs") and their armies engage in fierce battle. Originally, the faces were depicted, subsequently erased by iconoclasts, and repainted in more recent times. (more context on image page)
Reason
Another reason to love the Library of Congress. This is a fantastic scan of a 16th century illuminated manuscript illustrating an important Persian romance, the Hamzanama. This is one of 1400 folios that were commissioned by
Akbar the Great. A lot of context relating to the image is on the image page, if you're interested to read more. The
verso is also available at
File:The battle of Mazandaran verso.jpg if anyone is interested (though not featurable quality it could be interesting for the few en.wikipedians who can read it...).
Support Yes, one of the other interesting ones from that collection. Good choice, high resolution, substantial EV in an underrepresented area.
DurovaCharge! 16:23, 19 January 2009 (UTC)reply
Support, but the image description page should also include the dimensions and note where it is held (both of which are on the LOC page).--
ragesoss (
talk) 16:37, 19 January 2009 (UTC)reply
Comment. Are the colors authentic? They look kind of drab-- wouldn't an image that attempted to recapture the coloration at the time that the illustration was made be more striking?
Spikebrennan (
talk) 20:02, 21 January 2009 (UTC)reply