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The arts of Iran in Istanbul and Anatolia: seven essays

The arts of Iran in Istanbul and Anatolia: seven essays
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ISBN 0674987349 (softcover)
9780674987340 (softcover)
Title The arts of Iran in Istanbul and Anatolia : seven essays / edited by Olga M. Davidson and Marianna Shreve Simpson
Publisher Boston, MA : Ilex Foundation, Washington, DC : Center for Hellenic Studies, Trustees for Harvard University, 2018
Physical desc. vii, 210 pages ; illustrations ; 23 cm.
Series Ilex Foundation series 20
Note "This volume originated as a panel entitled 'Perspectives on Persian Art in Istanbul Collections', held under the auspices of the Ilex Foundation at the Iranian Studies Conference in Istanbul on 4 August 2012"--Preface.
Bibliography etc. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introductory essay: Image, text, and metatext / Olga M. Davidson -- At the outset of illustrated Shahnama manuscripts: the volume dated 731/1130 in the Topkapi Sarayi Müzesi, Istanbul / Marianna Shreve Simpson -- The demimonde in Safavid painting / Sheila Canby -- Shiraz manuscripts during the time of Shah 'Abbas I / Lâle Uluç -- The 'big head' Shahnama in Istanbul and elsewhere: some codicological and iconographical observations / Charles Melville -- Emulation in the arts of the book: Baysunghur's two Kalila wa Dimna manuscripts / David J. Roxburgh -- Persianate and Anatolian: tile decoration and its architectural context in medieval Anatolia / Oya Pancaroğlu.
Subject Shahnama -- Illustrations
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian
Illumination of books and manuscripts -- Turkey -- Istanbul
Epic literature, Persian -- Illustrations
Added name(s) Davidson, Olga M. editor
Simpson, Marianna Shreve 1949- editor
Added name(s) - Corporate Ilex Foundation
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