Author: John Frederick Lewis Collection (Free Library of Philadelphia)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Illumination of books and manuscripts
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
A Descriptive Catalogue of the John Frederick Lewis Collection of European Manuscripts in the Free Library of Philadelphia
Author: John Frederick Lewis Collection (Free Library of Philadelphia)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Illumination of books and manuscripts
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Guide to Depositories of Manuscript Collections in Pennsylvania ...
Author: Historical Records Survey of PennsylvaniaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Archival resources
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
"This volume represents a group of Pennsylvania institutions in whose libraries manuscripts are housed. It lists historical societies, public libraries, museums, and academic institutions, but is not intended to cover the vast number of manuscript collections in the archives of families and commercial enterprises, and in the hands of private collectors."--Pref.
Catalogue of the Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Author: Benedek PériPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004368396
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 405
Book Description
The Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences was established in 1826. Its collection of Persian manuscripts is the most comprehensive set of its kind in Hungary. The volumes were produced in four major cultural centres of the Persianate world, the Ottoman Empire, Iran, Central Asia and India during a span of time that extends from the 14th to the 19th century. Collected mainly by enthusiastic private collectors and acknowledged scholars the manuscripts have preserved several unique texts or otherwise interesting copies of well-known works. Though the bulk of the collection has been part of Library holdings for almost a century, the present volume is the first one to describe these manuscripts in a detailed and systematic way.
Islamic Art Collections
Author: Karin AdahlPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136113541
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
An annotated index and general orientation of Islamic art collections in museums, libraries, other institutions and on private hands. Includes a short description of each collection, its main characteristics, documentation, publications and exhibitions.
Muqarnas, Volume 25
Author: Gülru NecipogluPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9047426746
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
Muqarnas is sponsored by The Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. In Muqarnas articles are being published on all aspects of Islamic visual culture, historical and contemporary, as well as articles dealing with unpublished textual primary sources.
Author: Catalog of the Oriental Institute Library, University of Chicago
Author: University of Chicago. Oriental Institute. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 876
Book Description
Exploring Written Artefacts
Author: Jörg B. QuenzerPublisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110753340
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 1280
Book Description
This collection, presented to Michael Friedrich in honour of his academic career at of the Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures, traces key concepts that scholars associated with the Centre have developed and refined for the systematic study of manuscript cultures. At the same time, the contributions showcase the possibilities of expanding the traditional subject of ‘manuscripts’ to the larger perspective of ‘written artefacts’.
The Waqfiyah of ʼAḥmed Pāšā
Author: Muhammed Ahmed SimsarPublisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 1512818704
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.
Sultan Ibrahim Mirza's Haft Awrang
Author: Marianna Shreve SimpsonPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300068026
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Simpson explores the production, purpose and meaning of the Haft awrang (Seven Thrones), providing historical documentation about its princely patron and artists, and analysing its contents. She focuses in particular on the iconography of the seven poems.