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Treasures of the Aga Khan Museum: arts of the book & calligraphy

Treasures of the Aga Khan Museum: arts of the book & calligraphy
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ISBN 6054348086 (pbk.)
9786054348084 (pbk.)
Title Treasures of the Aga Khan Museum : arts of the book & calligraphy / [editors : Margaret S. Graves, Benoît Junod]
Publisher [Istanbul] : [Sakıp Sabancı University & Museum], 2010
Physical desc. xv, 375 p. ; col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Note Catalogue of an exhibition organized by the Sabancı University Sakıp Sabancı Museum and the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, and held at Sakıp Sabancı Museum, Istanbul, 5 November 2010-27 February 2011.
Bibliography etc. Includes bibliographical references (p. 358-372) and index.
Contents Preface / His Highness the Aga Khan -- Preface / Nazan Ölçer -- The collection of the Aga Khan Museum / Alnoor Merchant -- 1. Early kufic and the transition from parchment to paper. The word in Muslim tradition / Prince Amyn Aga Khan -- The book in the Islamic world / Oleg Grabar -- 2. Later calligraphic scripts. Calligraphy and scripts in the Islamic world -- Epigraphy and inscriptions on objects / Fahmida Suleman -- 3. The arts of the book. The Kitābkhāna: an institution in the service of culture and the art of the book / Francis Richard -- The Qurʼan of Gwalior, kaleidoscope of the arts of the book / Eloise Brac de la Perrière, Frantz Chaigne, Mathilde Cruvelier -- 4. The illuminated text. The Boné Qurʼan from South Sulawesi -- 5. Science and learning. Scientific manuscripts of the Islamic world / Djamil Aïssani -- The hundred and one nights: a recently acquired old manuscript / Ulrich Marzolph -- 6. The illustrated text. The Islamic book and its illustration / Michael Barry -- The Shahnama of Firdawsi as an illustrated text / Lâle Uluç -- 7. Portraits and albums. Portraits and albums / Laura Parodi.
Corporate name Aga Khan Trust for Culture -- Art collections -- Exhibitions
Sakıp Sabancı Müzesi -- Exhibitions
Aga Khan Museum (Toronto, Ont.)
Subject Islamic art -- Exhibitions
Islamic calligraphy -- Exhibitions
Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts -- Exhibitions
Added name(s) Graves, Margaret S. ed.
Junod, Benoît ed.
Added name(s) - Corporate Sakıp Sabancı Müzesi
Aga Khan Trust for Culture
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