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THE DECORATED WORD: Qur'ans of the 17th to 19th Centuries (The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, VOL IV Part 1): v.4.Pt.1 - Hardcover
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The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art contains the largest and most comprehensive range of Quranic material in private hands. These holdings cover the entire history of Quran production from the 7th to the 20th century, and include examples from centres as far apart as Spain and India. This volume is the last of four dedicated to the Qurans in the collection, and covers the period 1700-1900 and items from Islamic Africa, Ottoman Turkey, Iran, India and the Far East.
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- PublisherThe Nour Foundation in association with Azimuth Editions and Oxford University Press
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0197276032
- ISBN 13 9780197276037
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages334
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The Decorated Word : Qur'ans of the 17th to 19th Centuries (The Nasser D.Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, vol. IV, part one)
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The Nour Foundation in association with Azimuth Editions and Oxford University Press, 1999
ISBN 10: 0197276032
ISBN 13: 9780197276037
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 36.5 by 26.5cm., 272 pages; fully illustrated in colour, halftone illustrations of colophons. This volume of The Nasser D.Khalili Collection of Islamic Art deals mainly with Ottoman, Iranian and Indian Qur ans of the 17th and 18th centuries. It also includes a range of material from areas outside the Islamic empires, such as China and the Swahili coastlands of East Africa, and there are sections on later Qur ans from Morocco and from the Sahel regions to the south. Book/dj as new, slipcase stained. Seller Inventory # ABE-1721047954480
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