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UNINA9910789595703321 |
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Autore |
Brend Barbara <1940-> |
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Titolo |
Perspectives on Persian painting to Amir Khusrau's Khamsah / / Barbara Brend |
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London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2003 |
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1-136-85411-8 |
1-136-85418-5 |
1-315-02886-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (369 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian |
Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts - Iran |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-317) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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, |
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