Two 14th-century manuscripts are the focus of this catalog, published in conjunction with a Museum exhibit, February-May 1994. Essays and illustrations present the Mu'nis al-ahrar, an anthology of poetic devices, and the Shahnama, a copy of the Persian national epic in which eve…
Two 14th-century manuscripts are the focus of this catalog, published in conjunction with a Museum exhibit, February-May 1994. Essays and illustrations present the Mu'nis al-ahrar an anthology of poetic devices, and the Shahnama, a copy of the Persian national epic in which even…
This book centres on the copy of the Homilies of Gregory of Nazianzus produced in Constantinople around 880 for the Emperor Basil I as a gift from the patriarch Photios. The manuscript includes forty-six full-page miniatures, most of which do not directly illustrate the text the…
This book centres on the copy of the Homilies of Gregory of Nazianzus produced in Constantinople around 880 for the Emperor Basil I as a gift from the patriarch Photios. The manuscript includes forty-six full-page miniatures, most of which do not directly illustrate the text the…