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The look of the book : manuscript production in Shiraz, 1303-1452
Title
The look of the book : manuscript production in Shiraz, 1303-1452 / Elaine Wright.
ISBN
9780295991917
0295991917
Publication
Washington, D.C. : Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution ; Seattle : University of Washington Press ; Dublin, Ireland : Chester Beatty Library, [2012]
Copyright Notice Date
©2012
Physical Description
xx, 399 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm.
Notes
Revision of the author's doctoral thesis, submitted to the Oriental Institute of Oxford University in 1997.
Variant and related titles
Manuscript production in Shiraz, 1303-1452
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 11, 2022
Series
Freer Gallery of Art occasional papers ; new series, v. 3
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-387) and index.
Contents
Illumination
Codicology
Illustration
Calligraphy
Bookbinding
A chronological overview
Appendix 1. Textblock formats
Appendix 2. Shahnama translations
Appendix 3. The distribution of text illustrations in Shahnama manuscripts : number of pages (single sides of a folio) between consecutive illustrations
Appendix 4. Script analysis tables for individual manuscripts
Appendix 5. Manuscripts and single folios cited.
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Genre/Form
History.
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