The Persian Album, 1400-1600
Subtitle: From Dispersal to Collection
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: March 11, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9780300103250
Subjects: Oriental art; c 1000 CE to c 1500; c 1500 to c 1600; Art & Art Instruction; Art; Iran; Asian; Art / General; Middle Eastern; Art, Islamic; Art, Safavid; Art, Timurid; Calligraphy, Persian
First sentence: AN INVENTORY of Lorenzo de Medici's possessions, drawn up in 1512 after his death, lists one chalcedony bowl valued at ten thousand florins.