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Important Oriental manuscripts and miniatures

Catalogue Information
Field name	Details
Corporate Author	Sotheby's (Firm)
Title	Important Oriental manuscripts and miniatures
Publisher	London : Sotheby's, 1984
Physical desc.	1 volume ; illustrations (some colour) ; 27 cm.
Note	15/10/1984
	Property from the estate of King Umberto II of Italy, and others.
	Reference to CB: lot 15 (Razmnama [In 55]); lot 36 (Wantage album, other studies of Farrukh Beg); lot 69 (Akbarnama [In 03]); lot 220 (blue vellum Qur'an leaf [Is 1405]); lot 291 (comparison with a Persian binding of part of a 30-vol Qur'an, 'parts of which are in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin'.
	Copy 3: Tom Conway gift, with ex libris.
Date & place of sale	Monday 15 October 1984, London
Person as subject	Umberto -- II, King of Italy -- 1904-1983 -- Art collections -- Catalogs
Subject	Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- In 03
	Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- In 55
	Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Is 1405
	Qur'an -- Manuscripts -- Catalogs
	Shahnama -- Illustrations -- Catalogs
	Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts -- Catalogs
	Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian -- Catalogs
	Illumination of books and manuscripts, Mogul Empire
	Painting, Indic
	Manuscripts, Arabic -- Catalogs
	Manuscripts, Persian -- Catalogs
	Lacquer and lacquering -- Iran -- Catalogs
	Islamic bookbinding -- Catalogs

Item Information
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10006877	Box 31	Sales catalogues	. Available .
10006878	Box 31	Sales catalogues	. Available .
10014274	Box 31	Sales catalogues	. Available .