The Tale and the Image Volume One. History and epic paintings from Iran and Turkey (The Nasser D.Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, vol. XXV)

Eleanor Sims with contributions by Manijeh Bayani and Tim Stanley

ISBN 10: 1874780803 / ISBN 13: 9781874780809

Editore: Khalili Collections, 2009

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36 by 26 cm. 422 pages fully illustrated in colour. This volume of the Khalili Collection is devoted to the illustrated manuscripts and detached folios with historical and heroic epic subjects. Produced in Iran, India and Turkey, they date from the early 14th to the 20th centuries; many are of major artistic importance. A number of folios in the Collection come from manuscripts of Firdawsi s Shāhnāmah. Among them are a single folio from the Ilkhanid Great Mongol Shāhnāmah and 10 from the Shāhnāmah executed for Shah Tahmasp. Complete illustrated manuscripts of Firdawsi s epic include a splendid copy, with 62 paintings, dated AH 1011 (AD 1602). The Collection also has illustrated folios from several dispersed but significant works of universal and dynastic history, including two from the earliest surviving illustrated copy of the Ẓafarnāmah of Sharaf al-Din Yazdi. One especially important painting is a later 15th-century vision of the Prophet Muhammad and his companions in the company of Moses and the Virgin and Child. With slipcase. In publisher's shrink-wrap. Codice articolo ABE-1725304809175

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Titolo: The Tale and the Image Volume One. History ...

Casa editrice: Khalili Collections

Data di pubblicazione: 2009

Legatura: Hardcover

Condizione: New

Condizione sovraccoperta: New

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A large part of this volume is devoted to 14th to 19th century Shahnamah paintings in the Khalili Collection. Included are a folio from the Great Mongol Shahnamah, 10 folios from the celebrated manuscript painted by Shah Tahmasp, 3 folios from the Shahnamah of Shah Isma'il, and two complete Safavid copies which were once in the Mugfhal royal library. Another section of the volume is devoted to illustrations of works of history, including two folios from Ibrahim Sultan's Zafarnamah, and two from a dispersed copy of the history of Shah Isma'il Safavi. Dr Eleanor Sims is the Editor of Islamic Art for the East-West Foundation, New York, and a specialist in Persian painting. Manijeh Bayani received her degree in art and archaeology from Tehran University. A specialist in Arabic and Persian epigraphy, Manijeh has made important contributions to most of the catalogues in the Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art series. Tim Stanley is Senior Curator for the Middle Eastern collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. A member of the editorial board of the Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, Tim is a specialist in Islamic manuscript production, calligraphy and the decorative arts and has a longstanding interest in Ottoman culture.

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Dr Eleanor Sims is the Editor of Islamic Art for the East-West Foundation, New York, and a specialist in Persian painting. Manijeh Bayani received her degree in art and archaeology from Tehran University. A specialist in Arabic and Persian epigraphy, Manijeh has made important contributions to most of the catalogues in the Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art series. Tim Stanley is Senior Curator for the Middle Eastern collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. A member of the editorial board of the Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, Tim is a specialist in Islamic manuscript production, calligraphy and the decorative arts and has a longstanding interest in Ottoman culture.