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Transcending Patterns

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

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Chapters in this book

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

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