| 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 |
