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This splendid book describes the Qur'ans of the eight to tenth centuries in the Khalili Collection. It provides an exotically illustrated catalogue with detailed scholarship encompassing the history of the subject.
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Francois Deroche, Director of Studies, Ecole Practique des Hautes Etudes, Paris.
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`intelligently produced and sumptuously illustrated Weekend FT
'A massive 30-volume survey of the arts of Islam open with three opulent volumes on Qur'ans, The Abbasid Tradition, The Master Scribes and After Timur,intelligently produced and sumptuously illustrated.' Susan Moore, Financial Times
`a precise description of every item within a scheme clearly explained in the introductory chapter...the descriptions are careful, and unique examples like the AD 982-3 manuscript from Palermo are appropriately highlighted...these three volumes are stunning. In spite of their size and scholarly aims, they are a joy to hold and to behold. The printed texts are easy and pleasing to read...The illustrations are generously numerous, legible and remarkably faithful to the originals.` Oleg Grabar, The Times Literary Supplement
'A massive 30-volume survey of the arts of Islam open with three opulent volumes on Qur'ans, The Abbasid Tradition, The Master Scribes and After Timur,intelligently produced and sumptuously illustrated.' Susan Moore, Financial Times
`a precise description of every item within a scheme clearly explained in the introductory chapter...the descriptions are careful, and unique examples like the AD 982-3 manuscript from Palermo are appropriately highlighted...these three volumes are stunning. In spite of their size and scholarly aims, they are a joy to hold and to behold. The printed texts are easy and pleasing to read...The illustrations are generously numerous, legible and remarkably faithful to the originals.` Oleg Grabar, The Times Literary Supplement
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- PublisherKhalili Collections
- Publication date1992
- ISBN 10 187478051X
- ISBN 13 9781874780519
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages192
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THE NASSER D. KHALILI COLLECTION OF ISLAMIC ART.VOL I The Abbasid Tradition. Qur'ans of the 8th-10th C.
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Book Description Hard Back in Slipcase. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 191pp 98 Examples of the so called "Kufic"scripts fully illustrated and described. Heavy item, please ask for a quote fro postage. Seller Inventory # 29876
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