Art of the Persian courts : selections from the Art and History Trust Collection
Perhaps no cultural aspect of the medieval Iranian world has been less understood than one of its most seductive expressions - the art of the book. Born of Islam's reverence for the written word and refined by royal patronage, manuscript production flourished in royal library-ateliers. The imaginative powers of Persian artists and craftsmen working in the context of the book fashioned a distinctive view of the world and man's place in it. This extensive survey of the Art
Print Book, English, ©1992
Rizzoli, New York, ©1992