| Corporate Author |
Sotheby's (Firm) |
| Title |
Arts of the Islamic world |
| Publisher |
London : Sotheby's, 2019 |
| Physical desc. |
216 pages ; illustrations ; 28 cm. |
| Note |
23/10/2019 |
| Reference to CB manuscripts: p. 10, lot 104 (7th century Qur'an leaf in hijazi script [Is 1615]); p. 13-17, lot 107 (leaf from the 'Blue Qur'an' [Is 1405] Is 1405A, f. 1a); p. 18, lot 108 (two later copies of al-Shifa' fi ta'rif huquq al-Mustafa in the CB); p. 28, lot 119 (Kitab Kamil al-Sina'ah al-Tibbiyah; seven copies in the CB); p. 30, lot 121 (Qur'an, juz 29; 'Other recorded sections of this Qur'an': juz 3, Is 1502; juz 26, Is 1501); p. 78, lots 175-177 ('Three unrecorded pages from the Victoria and Albert Museum Akbarnama'; earlier than the CB Akbarnama, In 03). |
| Date & place of sale |
Wednesday 23 October 2019, London |
| Subject |
Qur'an -- Manuscripts -- Catalogs |
| Shahnama -- Illustrations -- Catalogs |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Is 1405 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Is 1501 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Is 1502 |
| Islamic art -- Catalogs |
| Islamic decorative arts -- Catalogs |
| Islamic art objects -- Catalogs |
| Islamic pottery -- Catalogs |
| Islamic textile fabrics -- Catalogs |
| Islamic jewelry -- Catalogs |
| Islamic metal-work -- Catalogs |
| Islamic weapons -- Catalogs |
| Scientific apparatus and instruments -- Catalogs |
| Islamic calligraphy -- Catalogs |
| Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts -- Catalogs |
| Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian -- Catalogs |
| Illumination of books and manuscripts, Ottoman -- Catalogs |
| Illumination of books and manuscripts, Mogul Empire -- Catalogs |
| Painting, Indic -- Catalogs |
| Manuscripts, Arabic -- Catalogs |
| Manuscripts, Persian -- Catalogs |
