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Frontispiece, from The Epistles of the Brethren of Purity

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Description: Frontispiece, from The Epistles of the Brethren of Purity
TitleFrontispiece, from The Epistles of the Brethren of Purity
Creator nameUnknown
Creator nationality/cultureUnknown
Creator roleAuthor/Writer/Publisher
Creation date1287
Object typeBook/Manuscript
MaterialsUnknown
LocationSüleymaniye Library, Istanbul
Accession numberMSS Esad Efendi 3638
SubjectsFrontispieceIslamic illumination of books and manuscriptsIslamic philosophy
Statusfols. 3b–4a; Baghdad, Iraq
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1. Iconic Images: Platonic Forms and the Awe-Inspiring Cosmos
Persis Berlekamp
Description: Wonder, Image, and Cosmos in Medieval Islam
Wonder, Image, and Cosmos in Medieval Islam
As testimony to the great beauty of the silks and brocades of the Mughal emperor Akbar, the sixteenth-century court historian Qandahari evoked the image of Mani biting his fingers in astonishment...
Author
Persis Berlekamp
PublisherYale University Press
Copyright© 2011 by Persis Berlekamp
Related print edition pages: pp.37-57
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00270.002
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Chapter subject tags:Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1203-1283Islamic illumination of books and manuscriptsIslamic education--PhilosophyCreation (Islam)Natural history illustration
3. The Arts in Iran and Central Asia under the Ilkhanids and their Successors
Sheila S. Blair, Jonathan M. Bloom
Description: The Art and Architecture of Islam: 1250–1800
The Art and Architecture of Islam: 1250–1800
The Mongol conquest in the mid-thirteenth century changed the balance of artistic production in Iran. In the preceding century the decorative arts – textiles, pottery, metalwork, jewelry, and manuscript...
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Sheila S. Blair, Jonathan M. Bloom
PublisherYale University Press
Copyright© Sheila S. Blair and Jonathan M. Bloom, 1994
Related print edition pages: pp.21-35
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00124.007
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Chapter subject tags:Islamic art--IranIslamic art--Asia, CentralArt, IlkhanidIslamic illumination of books and manuscriptsIslamic miniature paintingIslam--Iran--HistoryIslam--Asia, Central--HistoryIslamic textile fabricsIslamic potteryIslamic metal-work

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