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Islamic Manuscripts in the New York Public Library

By (author) Art Historian Barbara Schmitz, With Latif Khayyat, With Professor Svat Soucek, With Massoud Pourfarrokh





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This is the first comprehensive publication of a collection of Islamic miniature painting in a major American library or museum. It presents over 3200 Persian, Indian-Islamic, Turkish, and Arabic miniatures in the New York Public Library--principally from the Spencer collection--accompanied by 320 photographs, 24 in color; catalogues of all Islamic manuscripts in the Library qua manuscripts, including a unique collection from Baghdad; and current critical bibliographies of Islamic miniature painting. Schmitz provides descriptions of all significant bookbindings, in leather and lacquer-painted, and numerous Qur'ans and Qur'anic commentaries.

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Publisher | OUP India
Published date | 10 Dec 1992
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Format | Hardback
Pages | 584
Dimensions | 287 x 226 x 41mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 2177g
ISBN | 978-0-1950-5752-2
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