| Corporate Author |
Sotheby's (Firm) |
| Title |
Arts of the Islamic world : including fine carpets and textiles |
| Publisher |
London : Sotheby's, 2007 |
| Physical desc. |
396 pages ; illustrations ; 28 cm. |
| Note |
24/10/2007 |
| Reference to CB manuscripts: p. 13, lot 4 (Qur'an leaf in kufic on vellum [possibly Is 1422]); p. 15, lot 6 (illuminated folio examples [Is 1406 and Is 1407]); p. 23, lot 16 (Mamluk Qur'an similar to a CB one dated 1332-36); p. 31, lot 19 (similarities with Is 1467, Is 1468 and Is 1473); p. 34, lot 21 (Is 1609); p. 40-41, lot 29 (folio from volume 4 of a manuscript of the Siyar-i-Nabi, Life of the Prophet: 'The meeting of Khosrow and Miqdad in a mountainous landscape (an episode from the story of Miqdad bin Aswad)'; 'numbered 40 in the outer margin. It would have been located between folios 125 and 145 of the Chester Beatty volume' [T 419]; 'By 1753 volume IV had been separated from the others and was in the private possession of one of the Ottoman princesses. It surfaced in Cairo in the 1930s, at which point approximately 53 folios were detached and sold to various collectors, principally Major R.G. Gayer-Anderson [known as Gayer-Anderson Pasha'.); p. 44, lot 34 (In 03, Akbarnama and Farhang-i Jahangiri [In 11A.33]); p. 45, lot 35 (Garshaspnama, In 11A.34). |
| Lot 7 (p. 16-17): leaf from the Blue Qur'an [possibly Is 1405]. |
| Bookmarks at: p. 37, lot 25; p. 40-41, lot 29; p. 43, lots 32-33; and p. 44, lot 34. |
| Date & place of sale |
Wednesday 24 October 2007, London |
| Subject |
Qur'an -- Manuscripts -- Catalogs |
| Shahnama -- Illustrations -- Catalogs |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- In 03 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- In 11A.33 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- In 11A.34 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Is 1405 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Is 1422 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Is 1609 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- T 419 |
| Islamic art -- Catalogs |
| Islamic decorative arts -- Catalogs |
| Islamic art objects -- Catalogs |
| Islamic jewelry -- Catalogs |
| Islamic metal-work -- Catalogs |
| Islamic weapons -- Catalogs |
| Islamic pottery -- Catalogs |
| Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts -- Catalogs |
| Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian -- Catalogs |
| Illumination of books and manuscripts, Mogul Empire -- Catalogs |
| Manuscripts, Arabic -- Catalogs |
| Manuscripts, Persian -- Catalogs |
| Scientific apparatus and instruments -- Catalogs |
| Islamic rugs -- Catalogs |
| Rugs, Oriental -- Catalogs |
| Rugs, Persian -- Catalogs |
| Islamic textile fabrics -- Catalogs |
