Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Chinese hajj scroll

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Original – Chinese scroll with the text of surat al-Hajj

Reason

Extremely high-resolution scan of a five-meter long scroll with Arabic and Chinese text, showing the routes used by pilgrims from China. Already an FP on Commons. Multiple sections of the scroll have educational value in their own right.

Articles in which this image appears

Al-Hajj

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/East Asian art

Creator

Khalili Collections/ Google Art Project, uploaded by MartinPoulter (KC WIR)

• Support as nominator – MartinPoulter (talk) 10:08, 14 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose – Visual information is not readily intelligible to general readers/viewers. – Sca (talk) 12:22, 14 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• I don't think Sca's point is completely valid - perhaps it might take more explanation than some, but there's plenty of imagery, but I'm confused about the curved lines. Was this photographed not lying flat? Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.4% of all FPs.} 16:04, 15 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe the paper (or substrate) shrunk (or deformed) over time because of unusual storage conditions?! I think it's lying flat because the focus or sharpness is uniform. Maybe it wasn't photographed, but scanned (in multiple sections) using a flatbed scanner (it's 12 inches wide). Bammesk (talk) 02:49, 16 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Support - Looking at the items most likely to be square (i.e., the seals), there does appear to be some warpage of the scroll. I see that portions of the scroll are also used elsewhere (the map is used at Islam in China), which shows how high the EV is.  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 22:55, 17 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  Between this and Bammesk's comment, Support Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.4% of all FPs.} 18:23, 18 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Support – Bammesk (talk) 01:07, 19 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support — PerfectSoundWhatever (t; c) 02:41, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Support. MER-C 17:47, 22 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Khalili Collection Hajj and Arts of Pilgrimage MSS 1288.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:18, 24 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]