The Abbasid Tradition (Nasser D Khalili Collection of Islamic Art) . It provides an exotically illustrated catalogue with detailed scholarship encompassing the history of the subject.This splendid book describes the Qur'ans of the eight to tenth centuries in the Khalili Collection

Title	:	The Abbasid Tradition (Nasser D Khalili Collection of Islamic Art)
Author	:	Francois Deroche
Rating	:	4.56 (603 Votes)
Asin	:	187478051X
Format Type	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	192 Pages
Publish Date	:	1992-12-01
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This splendid book describes the Qur'ans of the eight to tenth centuries in the Khalili Collection. It provides an exotically illustrated catalogue with detailed scholarship encompassing the history of the subject.

Editorial : `intelligently produced and sumptuously illustrated Weekend FT

'A massive 30-volume survey of the arts of Islam open with three opulent volumes on Qur'ans, The Abbasid Tradition, The Master Scribes and After Timur,intelligently produced and sumptuously illustrated.' Susan Moore, Financial Times

`a precise description of every item within a scheme clearly explained in the introductory chapterthe descriptions are careful, and unique examples like the AD 982-3 manuscript from Palermo are appropriately highlightedthese three volumes are stunning. In spite of their size and scholarly aims, they are a joy to hold and to behold. The printed texts are easy and pleasing to readThe illustrations are generously numerous, legible and remarkably faithful to the originals.` Oleg Grabar, The Times Literary Supplement

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