Miniature_of_Guru_Nanak_from_Astronomical_treatise.jpg
Summary
Artist |
Durgashankar Pathak
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Description |
English:
Medium: Ink and pigments on paper
Date: 1840 ZoomifyInteractive zoomable image (needs Flash) Print imageFull size printable image This miniature portrait of Guru Nanak comes from the 'Sarvasiddhantattvacudamani' - 'The Crest-Jewel of the Essence of all Systems of Astronomy' - written by Durgashankar Pathak in Varanasi. The manuscript was commissioned around 1840 by a Sikh nobleman called Lehna Singh Majithia, whose horoscope is included in the manuscript. Find out more about this manuscript and other sacred texts in Expressions of Faith. |
Date |
1840
date QS:P571,+1840-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Source/Photographer | http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/other/033ori000005259u00009000.html |
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