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I FIRST ME ROBBIE IN 1947, AND WE BECAME COLLEAGUES IN 1956 when I joined the V. &, A. as an Assistant Keeper in the Department of Metalwork, of which he was then Deputy Keeper under the late C.C. Oman. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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I FIRST ME ROBBIE IN 1947, AND WE BECAME COLLEAGUES IN 1956 when I joined the V. &, A. as an Assistant Keeper in the Department of Metalwork, of which he was then Deputy Keeper under the late C.C. Oman. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
illustration pasted, court atelier, old preface, gouache painting, palace expenses, illuminated frame, tinted drawing, illustrated folio, original margin, text folios, written surface, oriental manuscripts, illustrated manuscripts, miniature painting, album page, first miniature, central picture, illustrated copy, les peintures Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ann Arbor, British Library, Habib Allah, New York, Ahmed Karahisari, Chester Beatty Library, Museum of Art, Qadi Ahmad, Great War, Holy Qur'an, Bahram Gur, Kamus Kashani, Muhammad Qasim, British Museum, Khusrau Parviz, Shir Nava'i, Central Asia, Freer Gallery of Art, Husain Khan Shamlu, Shah Tahmasp, Chief Treasurer, Divan of Mir, Smithsonian Institution, Museum of Fine Arts, Lund Nava'i New!
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- Persian Painting by Basil Gray on 6 pages
- Yusuf and Zulaikha by Hakim Nuruddin Abdurrahman Jami on 4 pages
- Arab Painting by Richard Ettinghausen on page 117, page 144, and page 235
- Painting in Islam by T.W. Arnold on page 38, page 145, and page 280
- Persian Painting by Sheila R. Canby in Front Matter, page 38, and page 246
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