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Reception Room (Qa’a)This interior, a splendid example of a wood-paneled reception chamber (qa‘a) from a private house in Damascus, is among the earliest extant, nearly complete interiors of its kind, dated by an inscription to A
./ Lightning’s banner fluttered when racing horses of the wind dallied in the sky
Get a handle on palm-sized ephemera in The Met collection.
DUNGY: For something the wind could blow away, we ask paper to carry a heavy load
The Artist: The great history painter and portraitist Jacques Louis David studied with Joseph Marie Vien and then, in 1766, entered the school of the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture
Edgar Wind. "The Sources of David’s ‚Horaces‘."
Search art at the Metropolitan Museum.
Vesuvius, A View of Naples Beyond Pierre Jacques Volaire ca. 1776 Neptune and the Winds
Marking: Stamped on the shorter barrel flat: H [shield containing a rampant lion facing left and holding an arrow] R; on the longer barrel flat: B [shield containing a bird standing on a log] D
Bodyguard of the Prince-Elector of Saxony dated 1589 Crossbow (Halbe Rüstung) with Winder
Search art at the Metropolitan Museum.
Peter Munsten ca. 1620–30 Shoe Buckle 1770–1800 Crossbow (Halbe Rüstung) with Winder
Search art at the Metropolitan Museum.
Peter Munsten ca. 1620–30 Shoe Buckle 1770–1800 Crossbow (Halbe Rüstung) with Winder
Buddhism, Silk Road
routes allowed merchants to sail down the Red Sea and to take advantage of monsoon winds
A vast network of strategically located trading posts (emporia) enabled the exchange, distribution, and storage of goods.
Travel by sea depended on the prevailing winds of the Indian Ocean, the monsoons,
Signature: Stamped in red on bottom tablet, lower quarter: PAVLVS REIMANInscription: Lower tablet, open position, stamped: SOLI DEO / GLORI A/ PAVLVS / REINMAN / NORIMBERGÆ / FACIEBATUpper tablet, open position, engraved: chart of 33 cities or geographical locations and their latitudesUpper tablet, closed position, engraved in outer rim: germanized versions of old Italian names for principal windsLower tablet, closed position, stamped within concentric circles: EPACTA GREGORII ANNO 1602 ISTMarking: Stamped on upper edge of bottom tablet, upside down, twice: [1] a crownStamped in black on compass well of bottom tablet: [2] a crown
, engraved in outer rim: germanized versions of old Italian names for principal winds
