Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Author: Kinga Dévényi

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2015-10-27

Total Pages: 572

ISBN-13: 9004306935

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The Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences ‒ established in 1826 ‒ houses many small and still hidden collections. One of these, the most comprehensive Hungarian collection of Arabic manuscripts, is brought to light by the present catalogue. These codices are described for the first time in a detailed and systematic way. A substantial part of the manuscripts is either dated to or preserved from the 150 year period of Ottoman occupation in Hungary. The highlights of the collection are from the Mamluk era, and the manuscripts as a whole present a clear picture of the curriculum of Islamic education. The descriptions also give an overview of the many additional Turkish and Persian texts thereby adding to our knowledge about the history of these volumes.

The Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp
The Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp

Author: Sheila Canby

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2014-04-29

Total Pages: 362

ISBN-13: 0300194544

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"The publication of this book commemorates the one thousandth anniversary of the completion of the Shahnama, the Persian national epic, which was written down in more than 50,000 couplets by the poet Firdausi. It also celebrates the most lavishly illustrated version of this text, a manuscript produced for the Safavid Shah Tahmasp, who ruled Iran from 1524 to 1576"--Director's Foreword, p. 7.

Islamic Art Collections
Islamic Art Collections

Author: Karin Adahl

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-09-05

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 1136113622

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An annotated index and general orientation of Islamic art collections in museums, libraries, other institutions and on private hands. Includes a short description of each collection, its main characteristics, documentation, publications and exhibitions.

Arab Painting
Arab Painting

Author: Anna Contadini

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2010-07-15

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 9004236619

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Arab painting, preserved mainly in manuscript illustrations of the 12th to 14th centuries, is here treated as an artistic corpus fully deserving of appreciation in its own terms, and not as a mere precursor to Persian painting. The book assembles papers by a distinguished list of scholars that illuminate the variety of material that survives in scientific as well as literary manuscripts. Because of the contexts in which the paintings appear, a major theoretical concern is, precisely, the relationship of painting to text. It rejects earlier scholarly habits of analysing paintings in isolation, and proposes the integration of text and image as a more satisfactory framework within which to elucidate the characteristics and functions of this impressive body of work.