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A Compendium of Chronicles: Rashid al-Din's Illustrated History of the World (The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art) - Hardcover
The Khalili Collection owns what is, without doubt, one of the most important illustrated medieval manuscripts from either East or West. The ]ami' al-Tawarikh or 'Compendium of Chronicles' was written by the 14th-century court historian Rashid al-Din, under the patronage of the Ilkhanids. The 59 folios in the Khalili Collection - reproduced here in colour for the first time after their recent restoration - together with those in the Edinburgh University Library, form a fragment of the earliest surviving Arabic copy of the work. An appendix in this volume reintegrates these folios and reconstructs their original order. The author discusses the identity and techniques of the calligraphers and painters involved, analyses the sources for the illustrations, and reveals the importance of this manuscript in the history of the Persian book. She also traces the manuscript's journey from Rashid al-Din's scriptorium in Tabriz through Timurid Herat, the 19th-century Mughal court and the East India Company, to its acquisition by the Royal Asiatic Society. The volume also includes a translation by W.M. Thackston of the articles of endowment of the Rab'-i Rashidi.
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Sheila Blair is Co-editor, Dictionary of Western Art (Western and Central Asia section)
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- PublisherKhalili Collections
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 187478065X
- ISBN 13 9781874780656
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages244
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