Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Notes on Terms, Transliterations, and Translations xvii
6. Introduction: A Medieval Matrix 1
7. CHAPTER 1. The Development of Central Asian Textile Imagery 16
8. CHAPTER 2. The Sino-Sogdian Matrix and Its Preservation 45
9. CHAPTER 3. The Adaptation of Ancient Central Asian Patterns 91
10. CHAPTER 4. A Kinship of Images 126
11. CONCLUSION. A Step Away from the Renaissance 168
12. Glossary 173
13. Notes 181
14. Bibliography 209
15. Index 243