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Title:Shield
Date:late 15th century
Culture:Turkish or Mamluk
Medium:Steel, copper alloys
Dimensions:Diam. 18 3/8 in. (46.7 cm), Wt. 3 lb. 7 oz. (1546 g)
Classification:Shields
Credit Line:Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935
Object Number:36.25.610
[William Ockelford Oldman, London, before November 18, 1935; sold to Stone]; George Cameron Stone, New York (until d. November 18, 1935; his bequest to MMA).
Bloomington, Ind. Indiana University Art Museum. "Islamic Art Across the World: An Exhibition Prepared by Theodore Bowie in Partial Celebration of the 150th Anniversary of Indiana University," June 17–October 1, 1970, no. 290.
Bowie, Theodore Robert. Islamic Art Across The World: An Exhibition. Bloomington: Indiana University, June 18 to October 1, 1970. no. 290.
Oxenham & Sons. A Matchless Collection of Ancient Armour and Arms Recently Imported from Constantinople. London, July 21–22, 1842. no. 237 ("A fine Turkish engraved shield," possibly this one?).
Beardmore, John. A Catalogue with Illustrations of the Collection of Ancient Arms and Armour, at Uplands, Near Fareham, Hampshire. London: Printed by T. and W. Boone, 1845. p. 23, no. 383, pl. 17.
Christie's, London and John Beardmore. Catalogue of the collection of arms & armour formed early in the 19th century by the late John Beardmore, Esq. ... Colonel H. Carey Batten, O.B.E. Christie, Manson and Woods, London: Christie's, London, 7/5/1921. no. 43.
Grancsay, Stephen V., Thomas T. Hopes, George C. Stone, and Fred G. Blakeslee. [Boxed Set Containing "Brief Essays on Armor and Arms," Nos. 1–4 and a Series of 17 Pamphlets of Photographs of Arms and Armor in Members' Collections, Nos. 1–85]. New York: Armor and Arms Club, 1925. Photographs nos. 16–20, no. 3[18].
Stone, George Cameron. A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor in All Countries and in All Times, Together with Some Closely Related Subjects. Portland, ME: Southworth Press, 1934. p. 37, fig. 50.1.
Stone, George Cameron. A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor in All Countries and in All Times, Together with Some Closely Related Subjects. New York: Jack Brussel, Pub., 1961. p. 37, fig. 50.1.
Stone, George Cameron, and Donald J. La Rocca. A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor in All Countries and in All Times, Together with Some Closely Related Subjects. Mineola, N.Y.: Dover Publications, 1999. p. 37, fig. 50.1.
Alexander, David, Stuart W. Pyhrr, and Will Kwiatkowski. Islamic Arms and Armor in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2015. pp. vi, 122–23, no. 44, ill.
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