A Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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A Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

  1. 242 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

A Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

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This collection of Oriental manuscripts was presented to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in March, 1913, by Mr. Alexander Smith Cochran. All of the codices, handsomely illuminated and adorned with beautiful miniatures, will be of interest to students of art, literature, and history.

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Table of contents

  1. PREFACE
  2. CONTENTS
  3. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  4. LIST OF WORKS OF REFERENCE
  5. LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
  6. INTRODUCTION
  7. PERSIAN MANUSCRIPTS
  8. I. FIRDAUSÏ
  9. II. NIZÄMI
  10. III. JALAL AD-DIN RUMI
  11. IV. SA'DÏ
  12. V. THE INDO-PERSIAN POET AMIR KHUSRAU OF DELHI
  13. VI. HÄFIZ
  14. VII. JÄMl
  15. TURKISH MANUSCRIPTS
  16. VIII. MIR 'ALl SHIR NAWA'I
  17. ARABIC MANUSCRIPTS
  18. IX. QUR'ÄN
  19. INDEX
  20. LIST OF SCRIBES AND ARTISTS