ISBN |
9780300184358 (pbk.) |
Author |
Komaroff, Linda 1953- |
Title |
The gift tradition in Islamic art / [by] Linda Komaroff |
Publisher |
Los Angeles : Los Angeles County Museum of Art, New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, 2012 |
Physical desc. |
153 p. ; col. ill. ; 27 cm. |
Note |
Issued in connection with the exhibition, Gifts of the sultan: the arts of giving at the Islamic courts, held 19 March-2 June 2012, at the Museum of Islamic Art, Doha. |
Contains abridged text from the exhibition publication, Gifts of the sultan: the arts of giving at the Islamic courts (Los Angeles : Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2011). |
CBL illustrations: p. [34]-35, cat. no. 7 (In 03.49b); p. 60-61, cat. no. 23 (Is 1421); p. [62]-63, cat. no. 24 (Is 1465). |
Bibliography etc. |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Contents |
Foreword -- Preface -- The arts of giving at the Islamic courts / Linda Komaroff -- Catalogue. |
Language Note |
Parallel text in Arabic and English; separate title page and introduction in Arabic. |
Corporate name |
Museum of Islamic Art (Dawḥah, Qatar) -- Exhibitions |
Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscripts -- Exhibitions |
Subject |
Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- In 03 |
Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Is 1421 |
Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Is 1465 |
Islamic art objects -- Exhibitions |
Islamic decorative arts -- Exhibitions |
Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts -- Themes, motives |
Art and society -- Islamic countries -- Exhibitions |
Gifts -- Religious aspects -- Islam |
Added name(s) - Corporate |
Museum of Islamic Art (Dawḥah, Qatar) |
Los Angeles County Museum of Art |