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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789595703321

Autore

Brend Barbara <1940->

Titolo

Perspectives on Persian painting to Amir Khusrau's Khamsah / / Barbara Brend

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2003

ISBN

1-136-85411-8

1-136-85418-5

1-315-02886-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (369 p.)

Disciplina

745.6/7/0955

Soggetti

Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian

Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts - Iran

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-317) and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. The Khamsah in summary -- 2. Manuscripts of western Iran prior to the death of Shah Rukh -- 3. Sultanate manuscripts -- 4. Manuscripts in Turkman styles -- 5. Ottoman manuscripts under Bayezid II -- 6. Classical and sub-classical styles of Herat -- 7. Mughal manuscripts to the period of Jahangir.

Sommario/riassunto

This is a detailed study of the illustrations to Amir Khusrau's Khamsah, in which twenty discourses are followed by a brief parable, and four romances. Amir Khusrau (1253-1325) lived the greater part of adventurous life in Delhi; he composed in Persian, and also in Hindi. From the point of view of manuscript illustration, his most important work is his Khamsah (Quintet'). Khusrau's position as a link between cultures of Persia and India means that the early illustrated copies of the Khamsah have a particular interest. The first extant exemplar is from the Persian area in the late 14th century,