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King's Book of Kings

By Stuart Cary Welch

Book information

Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Year
1972
ISBN
0500231788, 9780500231784
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
55 MB (57628534 bytes)
Pages
199\201
Topic
Art Graphic Arts
Time added
2013-12-25 05:12:16
Искусство и искусствоведение;Изобразительное искус

Description

Composed in the tenth century by the poet Firdowsi, the Shah-nameh or Book of Kings is Irans central literary work, a historical epic peopled with monarchs—some of inspiring goodness, others of unmatched wickedness—handsome paladins, beautiful maidens, malevolent witches, and treacherous demons. The particular manuscript of the Shah-nameh introduced here by Stuart Cary Welch, Curator of Indian and Islamic Painting at the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, is the most sumptuous one ever produced.

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