Mail Shirt ca. 1500-1600 Persian This is part of a small group of inscribed mail shirts constructed of riveted and inscribed iron-alloy and copper-alloy links, examples of which are preserved in the Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The links are each stamped on the obverse with the names of Allah and the five leading imams of the Shia (i.e. Muhammad, Ali, Fatima, Hasan, and Husayn), who are also collectively known as The Five (Panj tan) or the People of the Cloak (Ahl al-Kisa). They are plain on the reverse.The shirt is believed to have been used by the sculptor Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington (1876-1973) while modeling her monumental equestrian bronze statue of El Cid (cast in 1927), which still stands today on the grounds of The Hispanic Society, New York.. Mail Shirt. Persian. ca. 1500-1600. Iron alloy, copper alloy (latten), copper, brass. Mail

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Mail Shirt ca. 1500-1600 Persian This is part of a small group of inscribed mail shirts constructed of riveted and inscribed iron-alloy and copper-alloy links, examples of which are preserved in the Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The links are each stamped on the obverse with the names of Allah and the five leading imams of the Shia (i.e. Muhammad, Ali, Fatima, Hasan, and Husayn), who are also collectively known as The Five (Panj tan) or the People of the Cloak (Ahl al-Kisa). They are plain on the reverse.The shirt is believed to have been used by the sculptor Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington (1876-1973) while modeling her monumental equestrian bronze statue of El Cid (cast in 1927), which still stands today on the grounds of The Hispanic Society, New York.. Mail Shirt. Persian. ca. 1500-1600. Iron alloy, copper alloy (latten), copper, brass. Mail

SuperStock offers millions of photos, videos, and stock assets to creatives around the world. This image of Mail Shirt ca. 1500-1600 Persian This is part of a small group of inscribed mail shirts constructed of riveted and inscribed iron-alloy and copper-alloy links, examples of which are preserved in the Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The links are each stamped on the obverse with the names of Allah and the five leading imams of the Shia (i.e. Muhammad, Ali, Fatima, Hasan, and Husayn), who are also collectively known as The Five (Panj tan) or the People of the Cloak (Ahl al-Kisa). They are plain on the reverse.The shirt is believed to have been used by the sculptor Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington (1876-1973) while modeling her monumental equestrian bronze statue of El Cid (cast in 1927), which still stands today on the grounds of The Hispanic Society, New York.. Mail Shirt. Persian. ca. 1500-1600. Iron alloy, copper alloy (latten), copper, brass. Mail by Piemags/PL Photography Limited is available for licensing today.

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