Islamic manuscripts in the New York Public Library
By: Barbara Schmitz ; with contributions by Latif Khayyat, Svat Soucek, Massoud Pourfarrokh.
Contributors: Schmitz, Barbara.
Publisher: Oxford University Press; The Library
Published: 1992
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 439
Subjects: New York Public Library -- Catalogs; Manuscripts -- New York (State) -- New York -- Catalogs; Manuscripts, Arabic -- New York (State) -- New York -- Catalogs; Manuscripts, Persian -- New York (State) -- New York -- Catalogs; Manuscripts, Turkish -- New York (State) -- New York -- Catalogs; Illumination of books and manuscripts, Islamic -- New York (State) -- New York -- Catalogs
Description: "This multifaceted publication includes a catalogue of over 3,200 Persian, Indian-Islamic, Turkish, and Arabic miniatures in The New York Public Library, principally from its Spencer Collection, accompanied by more than 300 photographs, 24 in color; a catalogue of all Islamic manuscripts in the Library qua manuscripts - notable among these are 400 Arabic manuscripts from the Library's Manuscripts and Archives Department that principally come from a library of the writings and manuscript of a prominent Baghdad family, formed over a period of 300 years. Current critical bibliographies of Islamic miniature painting are presented in introductions to the sections on Arabic, Persian, Indian-Islamic, and Turkish illustrated manuscripts. There are also descriptions of all significant bookbindings, in leather and lacquer-painted, and illuminations, most prominently numerous Qurans and Quranic commentaries." "This book represents the first comprehensive publication of a collection of Islamic miniature painting in a major American library or museum."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-394) and indexes.