Detail View: Costume History: A Persian Meerza or Scribe
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Work Record ID:
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14170
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Work Type:
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prints (visual works)
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Title:
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A Persian Meerza or Scribe
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Title Alternative:
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A Persian Meerza
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Measurements:
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23.2 cm x 14.4 cm
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Material:
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paper
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Material:
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ink
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Material:
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pigment
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Technique:
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lithography
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Cultural Context:
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Persian (culture)
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Date Original:
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1843
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Location:
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Andover, Massachusetts, USA
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Repository:
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Western Michigan University, Libraries, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
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Call number:
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DS 258 .P4 1843
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Style Period:
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Qajar
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Subject-LCNA:
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Perkins, Justin 1805-1869
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Subject-LCSH:
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Clothing and dress--Iran
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Subject-LCSH:
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Scribes--Islamic Empire
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Subject-AAT:
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shalwar
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Subject-AAT:
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tunics
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Subject-AAT:
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hats
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Subject-AAT:
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shoes
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Subject-AAT:
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coat
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Subject-AAT:
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scribes (people)
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Subject-TGM:
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Scribes
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Subject-TGN:
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Iran (nation)
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Subject-Keywords:
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writers, coats, headgear
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Relation:
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Electronic version available through Google Books: http://books.google.com/books?id=RmoqAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Perkins+AND+Persia&hl=en&ei=72gtTseAFrGOsAKq0LmmCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CDwQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=Perkins%20AND%20P
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Description:
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This image of a Persian scribe shows him dressed very well in a yellow tunic covered by the caba (Shorberl 1845, p. 34) or qaba (Vogalsang-Eastwood, p. 10). Under the tunic he wears long shalwar. On his feet he wears socks and slippers with heels. His hat is the kolah namadi (Vogelsang-Eastwood, p. 12) seen in many of this book's illustrations. This scribe also wears the beard and mustache of this region.
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Image Source:
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Perkins, Justin. A Residence of Eight Years in Persia, Among the Nestorian Christians: with Notices of the Muhammedans. Andover, MA: Allen, Morrill & Wardwell, 1843.
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References:
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Shoberl, Frederic. Persia: Containing a Description of the Country with an Account of Its Government, Laws, and Religion, and of the Character, Manners and Customs, Art, Amusements, Etc. of Its Inhabitants. Philadelphia: Grigg & Elliot, 1845.
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Work Rights:
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Western Michigan University Libraries, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
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Image Type:
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digital images
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Image Format:
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image/tiff; image/jp2
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Image Measurements:
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83,447,541 bytes
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View Description:
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general views
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Digital Publisher:
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Western Michigan University
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Collection Title:
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Costume History Collection
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Image Rights:
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Western Michigan University Libraries
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Image Access:
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For use of digital image, contact Special Collections, Waldo Library, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA 49008-5353
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Image Identifier:
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EXWS_Cos_Per_023
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