The Look of the Book: Manuscript Production in Shiraz, 1303-1452

by Elaine and Elaine Wright

The Look of the Book assesses the role of the city of Shiraz in Iranian book production between the early fourteenth and mid-fifteenth centuries. It is the first detailed analysis of all aspects of the book--illumination, codicology, illustration, calligraphy, and binding--during this significant era when the "look of the book" was transformed. Four periods of change are identified: the years following 1340, until the end of Injuid rule...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295991917
• ISBN13: 9780295991917
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 3.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 8.7" x 10.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher