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Lapis and gold : exploring Chester Beatty's Ruzbihan Qur'an
- Title
- Lapis and gold : exploring Chester Beatty's Ruzbihan Qur'an / Elaine Wright.
- Author
- Wright, Elaine Julia
- Publication
- London : Chester Beatty Library in association with Ad Ilissvm, [2018]
- ©2018
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Book/Text | Request in advance | ND3385.K6 W64 2018g | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Chester Beatty Library.
- Description
- xv, 320 pages : color illustrations; 31 cm
- Summary
- The Chester Beatty Library's 16th-century Ruzbihan Qur'an--produced in the city of Shiraz in southwest Iran--is one of the finest Islamic manuscripts known. In terms of both materials and workmanship, it is exquisite: lapis lazuli and gold, the two most expensive pigments available, are used on every page, while the rendering of the decoration is exceptionally fine. This is the most detailed and comprehensive study of any Islamic manuscript--and it is well worthy of such scrutiny.
- The Chester Beatty Library?s 16th-century Ruzbihan Qur?an?produced in the city of Shiraz in southwest Iran?is one of the finest Islamic manuscripts known. In terms of both materials and workmanship, it is exquisite: lapis lazuli and gold, the two most expensive pigments available, are used on every page, while the rendering of the decoration is exceptionally fine. This is the most detailed and comprehensive study of any Islamic manuscript?and it is well worthy of such scrutiny.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Manuscripts.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 316-320).
- ISBN
- 9781912168040
- 1912168049
- OCLC
- on1005733625
- 1005733625
- SCSB-9073909
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries