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082 0 _a709.550902
100 1 _aBlair, Sheila S.
245 1 0 _aText and Image in Medieval Persian Art.
250 _a1st ed.
264 1 _aEdinburgh :
_bEdinburgh University Press,
_c2014.
264 4 _c©2019.
300 _a1 online resource (353 pages)
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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505 0 _aIntro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Series Editor's Foreword -- Preface -- CHAPTER 1 Introduction -- CHAPTER 2 The Art of Writing: A Bowl from Samarqand -- Provenance -- The ceramic setting -- Inscriptions -- Script -- Clientele -- Wider horizons -- Afterlife -- CHAPTER 3 Perfuming the Air: A Rosewater Sprinkler from Herat -- Provenance -- The geographical and historical setting -- Metalwares from Herat -- Patronage -- Function -- Decoration -- Afterlife -- CHAPTER 4 Monumentality under the Mongols: The Tomb of Uljaytu at Sultaniyya -- Construction and redecoration -- Reasons for redecoration -- The pious foundation -- The architectural setting -- The tomb as inspiration for later Mongol rulers -- The tomb as inspiration for the Ilkhanids' rivals -- Afterlife -- CHAPTER 5 A Romantic Interlude: The Wedding Celebrations from a Manuscript withThree Poems by Khwaju Kirmani -- The text and its calligrapher -- The illustrated folios -- Adding the paintings -- The royal setting -- The role of women -- Afterlife -- CHAPTER 6 Proclaiming Sovereignty: The Ardabil Carpets -- Provenance -- The inscription -- Gifts to shrines -- Why Ardabil in the 1540s? -- The repurposed Jannat Saray -- Afterlife at the shrine -- Afterlife in the west -- CHAPTER 7 Conclusion -- List of Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Illustration Acknowledgments -- Index.
520 _aNo detailed description available for "Text and Image in Medieval Persian Art".
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aArt, Iranian-History.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aBlair, Sheila S.
_tText and Image in Medieval Persian Art
_dEdinburgh : Edinburgh University Press,c2014
_z9780748655786
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
856 4 0 _uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=6141742
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