After Timur: Qur'ans of the 15th and 16th Centuries (Nasser D.Khalili Collection of Islamic Art) (NDK COLLECTION OF ISLAMIC ART) [Hardcover]

David James (Author)

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ISBN-10: 1874780536 | ISBN-13: 978-1874780533 | Publication Date: April 16, 1992

<div>The Khalili Collection is the greatest collection of Islamic art in private hands; it is continuing to grow and improve. It contains a large and comprehensive range of Qur'anic material, covering the entire history of Qur'an production from the seventh to the twentieth century, including examples from centres as far apart as Spain and India. This is the third of four volumes cataloguing the Qur'ans in the Khalili Collection. It includes fifteenth century Qur'ans in Iran, Egypt, Syria, Constantinople, and India; sixteenth century Qur'ans in Iran and India. The lavish presentation of this catalogue is combined with detailed scholarship that not only encompasses the history of the subject, but also presents in accompanying essays new findings that have been made in the course of cataloguing. The text is supported by notes, up-to-date bibliography, and index, while inscriptions are reproduced in their original languages, with English translations. Dr James is an internationally renowned authority on Arab and Persian manuscripts, and on Qur'ans in particular. </div><div> </div><div>This book is intended for art historians, Islamicists, collectors and curators of Islamic art.</div></div>

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intelligently produced and sumptuously illustrated' Weekend FT

'A massive 30-volume survey of the arts of Islam open with three opulent volumes on Qur'ans, The Abbasid Tradition, The Master Scribes and After Timur,intelligently produced and sumptuously illustrated.' Susan Moore, Financial Times --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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David James, Former Curator, Nasser D. Khalili Collection. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: The Khalili Collections (April 16, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1874780536
• ISBN-13: 978-1874780533
• Product Dimensions: 14.8 x 10.7 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.9 pounds
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This review is from: After Timur: Qur'ans of the 15th and 16th Centuries (The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, VOL III) (Hardcover)

The Khalili Collection is the greatest collection of Islamic art in private hands; it is continuing to grow and improve. It contains a large and comprehensive range of Qur'anic material, covering the entire history of Qur'an production from the seventh to the twentieth century, including examples from centres as far apart as Spain and India. This is the third of four volumes cataloguing the Qur'ans in the Khalili Collection. It includes fifteenth century Qur'ans in Iran, Egypt, Syria, Constantinople, and India; sixteenth century Qur'ans in Iran and India. The lavish presentation of this catalogue is combined with detailed scholarship that not only encompasses the history of the subject, but also presents in accompanying essays new findings that have been made in the course of cataloguing. The text is supported by notes, up-to-date bibliography, and index, while inscriptions are reproduced in their original languages, with English translations. Dr James is an internationally renowned authority on Arab and Persian manuscripts, and on Qur'ans in particular. This book is intended for art historians, Islamicists, collectors and curators of Islamic art.