A Survey of Persian Art, from Prehistoric Times to the Present, Volume 5 |
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PAINTING AND THE ART OF THE BOOK | 1809 |
Floral motif from Manichaean manuscript | 1819 |
BOOK PAINTING | 1851 |
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animals arabesques Ardabil artist attributed bands Berlin Bibliothèque Nationale Bihzād BINYON-WILKINSON-GRAY BLOCHET border brocaded carpets centre Chinese collection colour composition compound cloth dated decorative double cloth drawing example Exhibition Catalogue Number fabric is woven figures floral flowers foliation gold green ground Herāt Herat school Hermitage Museum idem illumination illustrations inscription interior warps Iranian Isfahan Islam Istanbul Kāshān Khurāsān Kufic KÜHNEL landscape London Exhibition Catalogue main warps Manichaean manuscript MARTIN Mashhad medallion metal thread miniatures Minovi Mongol motifs Muḥammad Musée Naskhi Nizāmī Öljeitü ornament painter painting pair palmette Paris pattern wefts period Persian personnage piece probably Qur'ān Rizā roundel Safavid SAKISIAN Samarqand Sāsānian satin SCHULZ scrolling Seljuq selvage Shāh Shāh-Nāma shows signature Silk with pattern sixteenth century stripes style Sulṭān Tabriz Tabriz school technique tree twill velvet weave weavers weft twill woven in compound writer is indebted Yazd