The yellow and red colour palette, drawing style, and compositional approach relate this scroll to the Indian tradition of depicting the Hajj and religious architectural sites. Individual sections as well as architectural elements and details are divided by double-lined black frames and borders finely executed with a ruler.
A simple doubled margin in black frames the edges of the scroll. Floral and vegetal compositions as well as images of ships are shown frontally. Portrayed in a two-dimensional, bird’s-eye view, architectural sites and buildings are divided into subsections resembling bento boxes and arranged in the conservative, vertical format of traditional Hajj scrolls and certificates. The longer inscriptions are in Persian, together with passages from the Qur’an and prayers in Arabic. Many inscriptions in red and black identify the sites and buildings or type of architectural elements depicted, such as a minaret, a mosque, or a pool. Rendered on buff paper that has been backed with white cloth, the various sites, buildings, and floral compositions are all skilfully drawn and vibrantly painted in red, green, and yellow tones with black outlines. However, recent research confirms that a considerable portion of the visual repertoire and its inscriptions was composed to increase magic and talismanic functions of this scroll within a clear Shiite context. This scroll has previously been thought to be a Hajj certificate, a document affirming that an identified individual or his/her representative has fulfilled the Hajj or pilgrimage to Mecca and surrounding sites. Two visual sequences-one starting at the beginning of the scroll marked by a colophon cartouche, and the other at the end of the scroll marked by a calligram (here, a human figure made of calligraphy)-comprise its composition. Arranged vertically, these buildings and sites are all oriented towards the Great Mosque in Mecca with the Ka‘ba at the centre in this manner, the Ka‘ba functions like a magnetic pulse located in the first third of the scroll. This monumental scroll measuring more than 900 x 50 cm depicts several major Muslim holy sites, such as the sanctuary of the Ka‘ba and other pilgrimage stops of the Hajj in and around Mecca, as well as Medina, Jerusalem, Karbala, and Najaf.
Talismanic (GB) ( Medaglia d'Oro), winner of last year's GI Breeders' Cup Turf for Godolphin, has been retired from racing at age five, with stud plans to be announced at a later time.Ī homebred, Talismanic was a winner at two and a dual listed winner at three in addition to finishing fourth behind Almanzor (Fr) ( Wootton Bassett ) in the G1 Hong Kong Vase next out, and he added this year's G3 Prix Gontaut-Biron Hong Kong Jockey Club.
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