Islamic Art

ISBN: 9781874780519
Published by : Khalili Collections
Series: NDK COLLECTION OF ISLAMIC ART
Volume: 1
The Khalili Collection contains the largest and most comprehensive range of Qur'anic material in private hands. This, the first of four volumes devoted to the subject, covers the three major styles of Qur'anic calligraphy that came into existe... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781874780700
Published by : Khalili Collections
The Atlas is accompanied by a text "Piri Reis and Turkish Mapmaking after Columbus". Piri Reis was the Ottoman naval commander and cartographer who played a leading role in transmitting Columbus's discoveries. The charts are largely based on h... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781874780557
Published by : Khalili Collections
Series: NDK COLLECTION OF ISLAMIC ART
Volume: 5
The demanding discipline of calligraphy, centering on the power of the written word and transmitted from master to pupil through the ages, is central to Islamic cultures and is the source of one of the world's richest artistic traditions.
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ISBN: 9783515070065
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Verzeichnis der Orientalischen Handschriften in Deutschland (VOHD)
Der zweite Band der "Afrikanischen Handschriften" ist den islamischen Handschriften aus Äthiopien gewidmet. Er beschreibt die 88 Handschriften der Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (Sammlung des Autors) und des Archivs der Berlin-Brandenburgischen Akadem... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780856687440
Published by : Aris & Phillips
Series: A & P MIDDLE EAST STUDIES
The original manuscript of On Hunting was presented to the Hafsid Sultan of North Africa al-Mustansir bi-Allah, known as al-Mansur, in 1247. He was a passionate hunter with Saluqis, falcons and other predators on his estate at Bizerte. The com... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783515050159
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Verzeichnis der Orientalischen Handschriften in Deutschland (VOHD)
Volume: 17,B 4
Der Bestand der SUB an arabischen Handschriften ist zum ersten Mal 1894 katalogisiert worden und beschreibt 135 Handschriften. An diesen Katalog knuepft der vorliegende mit Cod. Ms. arab. 136 als erster und Cod. Ms. arab. 180 als letzter beschrieb... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780199201952
Published by : Oxford University Press
The 26 Oriental manuscripts (41 treatises) now at St John's College, Oxford, reflect the varying ways in which Europeans have sought to make themselves familiar with the cultures of the East. Acquired during the seventeenth to nineteenth centur... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783700136460
Published by : Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
What is special about this manuscript? The poet Khaqani-Shirvani - usually known as Khaqani - is considered one of the great early classical authors of Persian literature, despite his controversial idiosyncratic and complex style. The poem, un... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783700138792
Published by : Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
Series: Denkschriften der Phil.-Hist. Klasse
Volume: 363
This volume has been published to provide a description of the most important illuminated codices in Turkish held by the Manuscript Collection of the Austrian National Library in Vienna. These codices are furnished with gilded ornamental decora... .... Learn More