A Catalogue of the Collection of Persian Manuscripts Including Also Some Turkish and Arabic Presented to the Metropolitan Museum of Art New York by Alexander Smith Cochran

A Catalogue of the Collection of Persian Manuscripts Including Also Some Turkish and Arabic Presented to the Metropolitan Museum of Art New York by Alexander Smith Cochran
Author: A. V. Williams Jackson
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Total Pages: 212
Release: 1914-02-05
Genre: Art
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A collection of manuscripts—twenty of them Persian, two Eastern Turkish, and two Arabic—was presented to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in March, 1913, by Mr. Alexander Smith Cochran, of Yonkers, New York. This publication provides insight into the authors of these texts and unpacks the painstakingly rendered imagery in these beautiful manuscript illustrations.

A Catalogue of the Collection of Persian Manuscripts

A Catalogue of the Collection of Persian Manuscripts
Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Gorgias PressLlc
Total Pages: 187
Release: 1914
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9781593331221

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.

Iran and The West

Iran and The West
Author: Cyrus Ghani
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 762
Release: 2013-09-05
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1136144668

First Published in 1987, this volume offers a bibliography of biographies, autobiographies and books on contemporary politics by prominent 20th century figures on the topic of Iran.