Manuscript Book on Logic, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.591, fol. 78a Image by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts The present work is a supergloss on the gloss (ḥāshiyah) by al-Sayyid al-Sharīf al-Jurjānī (d.816 AH / 1413 CE) on the Lawāmiʿ al-asrār by Qutb al-Dīn al-Taḥtānī al-Rāzī (d.766 AH / 1364 CE), being in turn a [Continue]
Illuminated Manuscript, Book of kings (Shahnama), Gūdarz kills Pīrān, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.602, fol. 284a Image by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts This copy of Firdawsī’s Shāhnāmah (Book of kings) was written by Muḥammad Mīrak ibn Mīr Muḥammad al-Ḥusaynī al-Ustādī, most probably in Herat (present-day [Continue]
Illuminated Manuscript, Book of kings (Shahnama), Gushtāsp kills a wolf, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.602, fol. 341b Image by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts This copy of Firdawsī’s Shāhnāmah (Book of kings) was written by Muḥammad Mīrak ibn Mīr Muḥammad al-Ḥusaynī al-Ustādī, most probably in Herat (present-day [Continue]
Illuminated Manuscript, Book of kings (Shahnama), Isfandiyār kills Arjāsp, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.602, fol. 381a Image by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts This copy of Firdawsī’s Shāhnāmah (Book of kings) was written by Muḥammad Mīrak ibn Mīr Muḥammad al-Ḥusaynī al-Ustādī, most probably in Herat (present-day [Continue]
Illuminated Manuscript, Book of kings (Shahnama), Bahrām Gūr hunts with his men, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.602, fol. 494b Image by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts This copy of Firdawsī’s Shāhnāmah (Book of kings) was written by Muḥammad Mīrak ibn Mīr Muḥammad al-Ḥusaynī al-Ustādī, most probably in Herat (present-day [Continue]
Illuminated Manuscript, Book of kings (Shahnama), Kay Khusraw crosses Lake Zarah in pursuit of Afrāsiyāb, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.602, fol. 319a Image by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts This copy of Firdawsī’s Shāhnāmah (Book of kings) was written by Muḥammad Mīrak ibn Mīr Muḥammad al-Ḥusaynī al-Ustādī, most [Continue]
Museum of Book Image by Tjflex2 Matthias Tanner (1630-1692): Societas Jesu Apostolorum imitatrix. Tisk Vojtěcha Jiřího Koniáše v akademické tiskárny 1694. Museum of the Book – The history of letters, the book, letter print and book culture of the Czech lands in the European context. "The development of the book culture of the [Continue]
Illuminated Manuscript, Book of Hours, Decorated Initial, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.165, fol. 33r Image by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts This mid-fifteenth century illuminated Book of Hours is written entirely in Dutch on fine vellum, and is remarkable for its eighteen grisaille miniatures. The technique, wherein the figures are [Continue]
Illuminated Manuscript, Book of Hours, Decorated Initial, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.165, fol. 43v Image by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts This mid-fifteenth century illuminated Book of Hours is written entirely in Dutch on fine vellum, and is remarkable for its eighteen grisaille miniatures. The technique, wherein the figures are [Continue]
Illuminated Manuscript, Book of Hours, St. John the Baptist, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.165, fol. 118v Image by Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts This mid-fifteenth century illuminated Book of Hours is written entirely in Dutch on fine vellum, and is remarkable for its eighteen grisaille miniatures. The technique, wherein the figures are [Continue]
