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

• Autore: Brend Barbara <1940->
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (369 p.)
• Disciplina: 745.6/7/0955
• Soggetto topico: Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian; Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts - Iran
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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,
• Titolo autorizzato: Perspectives on Persian painting to Amir Khusrau's Khamsah
• ISBN: 1-136-85411-8; 1-136-85418-5; 1-315-02886-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910464560003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II