| ISBN |
9004321551 (hbk.) |
| 9789004321557 (hbk.) |
| Title |
The Diez albums : contexts and contents / edited by Julia Gonnella, Friederike Weis, Christoph Rauch |
| Publisher |
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2017 |
| Physical desc. |
xvii, 672 p. ; ill. (chiefly col.) ; 26 cm. |
| Series |
Islamic manuscripts and books 11 |
| Note |
Originating from papers delivered at the conference titled The Diez albums at the Berlin State Library--current state of research and new perspectives, held 2-5 June 2013, at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin. |
| CBL illustrations: p. 527, fig. 19.10 (Per 149, f. 58r). |
| Bibliography etc. |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Julia Gonnella, Friederike Weis and Christoph Rauch -- Pt. 1: The albums and Henrich Friedrich von Diez. Contents & contexts: re-viewing the Diez albums / Julian Raby -- Memorabilia of Asia: Diez's albums revisited / David J. Roxburgh -- The oriental manuscripts and albums of Heinrich Friedrich von Diez and the perception of Persian painting in his time / Christoph Rauch -- Pt. 2: The Diez and the Topkapı albums. The perusal of the Topkapı albums: a story of connoisseurship / Lâle Uluç -- Repetition of illustrations in the Topkapı Palace and Diez albums / Zeren Tanındı -- Ja'far Tabrizi, 'second inventor' of the nasta'liq script, and the Diez albums / Simon Rettig -- Pt. 3: The albums' contents: from the Mongols to the Timurids. The illustration of the Turko-Mongol era in the Berlin Diez albums / Charles Melville -- The Mongols enthroned / Yuka Kadoi -- Royal insignia in the periods from the Ilkhanids to the Timurids in the Diez albums / Claus-Peter Haase -- The depiction of horses in the Diez albums / Barbara Brend -- Brave warriors of Diez / Filiz Çakır Phillip -- Pt. 4: The albums' contents: drawings and sketches. Models, sketches, and pounced drawings in the Diez albums: first steps in the making of illustrated manuscripts / Yves Porter -- A Persianate drawing of the Tazza Farnese: a work by Muhammad Khayyam? / Friederike Weis -- Scientific investigation of carbon inks: an analytical challenge / Oliver Hahn -- Pt. 5: Repatriations: the Diez albums as a source for reconstructing lost art. The great Mongol Shahnama: some proposed repatriations / Robert Hillenbrand -- The great Jalayirid Shahnama / Bernard O'Kane -- The Divan of Sultan Ahmad Jalayir and the Diez and Istanbul albums / Massumeh Farhad -- Illustrated messages of love in the Diez albums / Karin Rührdanz -- Pt. 6: Europe, China and Istanbul: the albums in a broader perspective. Persianate images between Europe and China: the 'Frankish manner' in the Diez and Topkapı albums, c.1350-1450 / Gülru Necipoğlu -- Iconographic turn: on Chinese Buddhist and Daoist iconography in the Diez albums / Ching-Ling Wang -- The Ottomans in Diez's collection / Serpil Bağcı -- Appendix 1: Conference programme -- Appendix 2: Masterpieces from the Serail: the albums of Heinrich Friedrich von Diez (1751-1817) / Julia Gonnella. |
| Person as subject |
Diez, Heinrich Friedrich von -- 1751-1817 -- Art collections |
| Diez, Heinrich Friedrich von -- 1751-1817 -- Library |
| Corporate name |
Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin--Preussischer Kulturbesitz |
| Subject |
Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Per 149 |
| Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian |
| Illumination of books and manuscripts -- Germany -- Berlin |
| Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts -- Iran |
| Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts -- Asia, Central |
| Added name(s) |
Gonnella, Julia ed. |
| Weis, Friederike ed. |
| Added name(s) - Corporate |
Rauch, Christoph |
