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jonR · Post by **jonR** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 1:14 am

I would surely love to be able to read the text on this page.
JonR
http://www.imagesonline.bl.uk/britishli ... ht=2&idx=2

jack farrell · Post by **jack farrell** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 3:21 pm

Jon; Yes! if only. My own attempts to have world-class interpreters agree on the meaning of single passages of Persian caligraphy have led to wildly dissimilar translations.

jonR · Post by **jonR** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 11:17 pm

Jack,
I'm sure these scripts are a lot like medieval French. You have a room full of learned scholars sitting around arguing for hours over the interpretation/translation of each word.
There is soooo much information out there that never gets read or published. Tis' a crying shame right!

JonR

Thomas Duvernay · Post by **Thomas Duvernay** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 5:37 am

The manufacturer warrants the bow against defects in materials and workmanship. Any misuse or alterations will void the warranty.

Just joking...

jonR · Post by **jonR** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 6:31 am

Bede · Post by **Bede** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 9:51 pm

The bows illustrate the four types of composite bows common in Mughal India. The top left hand one is a Chahar Kham bow (four-curved bow) or as we call it a Sind bow. The others are regional types.

The problems with these texts are not insurmountable. The major difficulties are technical terms that are no longer used and poor copying by scribes who did not understand the content of what they were writing.

Edward McEwen has published several articles related to Indian books written in Farsi.

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