CHAPTER FIFTEEN Persian Poetry on Ilkhanid Art and Architecture

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Figures vi
4. Preface xvi
5. CHAPTER ONE The Egyptian Art of the Tiraz in Fatimid Times 1
6. CHAPTER TWO Monumental Calligraphy in Fatimid Egypt: Epigraphy in Stone, Stucco and Wood 33
7. CHAPTER THREE The Great Jalayirid Shāhnāma 73
8. CHAPTER FOUR Medium and Message in the Monumental Epigraphy of Medieval Cairo 91
9. CHAPTER FIVE A Tale of Two Minbars: Woodwork in Egypt and Syria on the Eve of the Ayyubids 112
10. CHAPTER SIX The Look of Language 127
11. CHAPTER SEVEN Text and Paintings in the al-Wāsitī d Maqāmāt 144
12. CHAPTER EIGHT Kalila o Demna: Illustrations in Manuscripts 162
13. CHAPTER NINE Documentation of the Inscriptions in the Historic Zone of Cairo 168
14. CHAPTER TEN The Uses of Persian on Monumental Epigraphy in Turkey 174
15. CHAPTER ELEVEN Reconciliation or Estrangement? Colophon and Paintings in the TIEM Ẓafarnāma and Some Other Controversial Manuscripts 187
16. CHAPTER TWELVE The Uses of Captions in Medieval Literary Arabic Manuscripts 222
17. CHAPTER THIRTEEN The Iconography of the Shānāma, Ms. Taʾrikh Farisī 73, Dar al-Kutub, Cairo (796/1393–4) 239
18. CHAPTER FOURTEEN ‘Introduction to Islamic Art’, ‘The Ayubs and Early Mamluks’ and ‘Iranian Art’ 264
19. CHAPTER FIFTEEN Persian Poetry on Ilkhanid Art and Architecture 346
20. CHAPTER SIXTEEN Siyah Qalam: The Jalayirid Connections 357
21. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN The Bihbihani Anthology and its Antecedents 393
22. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Lifting the Veil from the Face of Persian Painting 420
23. CHAPTER NINETEEN Rock Faces and Rock Figures in Persian Painting 435
24. Index 480