Persian Poetry, Painting and Patronage: Illustrations in a Sixteenth-Century Masterpiece

by Freer Gallery Of Art and Marianna Shreve Simpson

Commissioned by Prince Sultan Ibrahim Mirza in 1556, five Iranian court calligraphers devoted nine years to transcribing the poetic text of the great Persian classic, the Haft awrang (Seven Thrones),... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300074832
• ISBN13: 9780300074833
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 79 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 13.6" x 9.8"