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Autore: | Brend Barbara <1940-> |
Titolo: | Perspectives on Persian painting to Amir Khusrau's Khamsah / / Barbara Brend |
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 | |
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.: | 9910816288403321 |
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