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Text and image in medieval Persian art
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0748655786 (hbk.)
9780748655786 (hbk.)
Author
Blair, Sheila
Title
Text and image in medieval Persian art / [by] Sheila S. Blair
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Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2014
Physical desc.
xv, 336 p. ; ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 26 cm.
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Edinburgh studies in Islamic art
Note
CBL illustrations: p. 36, fig. 2.16 (Is 1434, ff. 1b-2a).
Bibliography etc.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [292]-318) and index.
Contents
Introduction -- The art of writing: a bowl from Samarqand: Provenance; The ceramic setting; Inscriptions; Script; Clientele; Wider horizons; Afterlife -- Perfuming the air: a rosewater sprinkler from Herat: Provenance; The geographical and historical setting; Metalwares from Herat; Patronage; Function; Decoration; Afterlife -- Monumentality under the Mongols: the tomb of Uljaytu at Sultaniyya: Construction and restoration; Reasons for redecoration; The pious foundation; The architectural setting; The tomb as inspiration for later Mongol rulers; The tomb as inspiration for the Ilkhanids' rivals; Afterlife -- A romantic interlude: the wedding celebrations from a manuscript with three poems by Khwaju Kirmani: The text and its calligrapher; The illustrated folios; Adding the paintings; The royal setting; The role of women; Afterlife -- Proclaiming sovereignty: the Ardabil carpets: Provenance; The inscription; Gifts to shrines; Why Ardabil in the 1540s?; The repurposed Jannat Saray; Afterlife at the shrine; Afterlife in the west -- Conclusion.
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Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Is 1434
Art, Iranian -- History
Art, Iranian -- Themes, motives
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian
Pottery, Iranian
Islamic metal-work
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