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 | | Islamic Manuscripts in the New York Public Library by Barbara Schmitz, Latif Khayyat (Contributor), Svat Soucek (Contributor), Massoud Pourfarrokh (Contributor) ISBN-10: 019505752X ISBN-10: 0-19-505752-X ISBN-13: 9780195057522 ISBN-13: 978-0-19-505752-2 Hardcover 1992-12-10 Oxford University Press, USA Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description This is the first comprehensive publication of a collection of Islamic miniature painting in a major American library or museum. It presents over 3200 Persian, Indian-Islamic, Turkish, and Arabic miniatures in the New York Public Library--principally from the Spencer collection--accompanied by 320 photographs, 24 in color; catalogues of all Islamic manuscripts in the Library qua manuscripts, including a unique collection from Baghdad; and current critical bibliographies of Islamic miniature painting. Schmitz provides descriptions of all significant bookbindings, in leather and lacquer-painted, and numerous Qur'ans and Qur'anic commentaries. | ||