Kalila wa Dimna (or The Fables of Bidpai ) is one of the gems of world culture, having been translated through the centuries everywhere from China to Spain. Kalila wa Dimna are subtle and suggestive moral tales– a kind of repository of wisdom and understanding about the human condition. It was the most commonly illustrated medieval Islamic texts. This book focuses on the group of seven Persian manuscripts from the second half of the 14th century, which contain several of the finest masterpieces of Persian painting. It is fully illistrated throughout with the paintings that accompany the fables.
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Reviewed in the Preetorius Foundation Literature report, Dec 2003 (Germany)
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Bernard O’Kane is Professor of Islamic Art and Architecture at the American University in Cairo.
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THE EARLIEST SURVIVING illustrated Arabic and Persian manuscripts date from the thirteenth century, a period that saw the fragmentation of the centre of the Islamic world. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Nasr Allah, Sultan Ahmad, Spirit of the Sea, Abu Said, Shaikh Hasan, Dust Muhammad, Burzoy's Voyage, Great Jalayirid Shahnama, Qara Yusuf, Shah Rukh, Abu Sa'id, Middle Persian, Sanskrit Literature, Sultan Uvais, The Friendship of the Pigeons, The Madam's Stratagem Backfires, Four Istanbul Albums, Great Mongol Shahnama, Nast Allah, Pierpont Morgan, Sultan Husain, The Saga, Abu Ishaq, Beast Fables, Great Mongol Shahnarna New!
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THE EARLIEST SURVIVING illustrated Arabic and Persian manuscripts date from the thirteenth century, a period that saw the fragmentation of the centre of the Islamic world. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Nasr Allah, Sultan Ahmad, Spirit of the Sea, Abu Said, Shaikh Hasan, Dust Muhammad, Burzoy's Voyage, Great Jalayirid Shahnama, Qara Yusuf, Shah Rukh, Abu Sa'id, Middle Persian, Sanskrit Literature, Sultan Uvais, The Friendship of the Pigeons, The Madam's Stratagem Backfires, Four Istanbul Albums, Great Mongol Shahnama, Nast Allah, Pierpont Morgan, Sultan Husain, The Saga, Abu Ishaq, Beast Fables, Great Mongol Shahnarna New!
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- Persian Painting by Basil Gray on 8 pages
- Arab Painting by Richard Ettinghausen on 7 pages
- The Topkapi Saray Museum - The Treasury by J. M. Rogers on 5 pages
- Persian Miniature Painting by Laurence Binyon on 4 pages
- Persian Painting by Sheila R. Canby on 4 pages
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