ISBN |
1904597491 (hbk.) |
9781904597490 (hbk.) |
Author |
Hillenbrand, Robert |
Title |
Studies in the Islamic arts of the book / Robert Hillenbrand |
Publisher |
London : Pindar Press, 2012 |
Physical desc. |
v, 556, p. ; ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. |
Note |
Collection of author's essays that originally appeared in other works (see p. [555]-556). |
References to, and images of, CBL Persian MSS throughout. |
Bibliography etc. |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
The uses of space in Timurid painting -- The iconography of the Shah-nama-yi Shahi -- The Iskandar cycle in the great Mongol Sahnama -- Images of Muhammad in al-Biruni's Chronology of ancient nations -- The paintings of Rashid al-Din's 'Universal history' at Edinburgh -- Mamluk and Ilkhanid bestiaries: convention and experiment -- The Qur'an illuminated -- The relationship between book painting and luxury ceramics in 13th-century Iran -- The message of misfortune: words and images in Sa'di's Gulistan -- Literature and the visual arts -- New perspectives in Shahnama iconography -- Erudition exalted: the double frontispiece to the Epistles of the Sincere Brethren -- The Shahnama and the Persian illustrated book -- Islamic bookbinding -- The Schefer Hariri: a study in Islamic frontispiece design. |
Subject |
Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Per 104 |
Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Per 111 |
Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Per 114 |
Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Per 119 |
Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Per 137 |
Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Per 144 |
Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Per 163 |
Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Per 214 |
Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts |
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian |
Manuscripts, Persian |
Islamic bookbinding |