{"product_id":"the-look-of-the-book-9780295991917","title":"The Look of the Book","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIncreases our understanding of the history and development of the arts of the book\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The publication of Elaine Wright’s pioneering [work] is a milestone in the history of the Islamicarts of the book. It is a truly comprehensive survey, based on a large corpus of manuscripts, of production at Shiraz between 1300 and 1452, a period that saw the steady evolution of the book as precious object.\"\u003c\/p\u003e -- J.M. Rogers * Burlington Magazine *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface \u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments \u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations \u003cbr\u003e 1. Illumination \u003cbr\u003e Early Injuid Illumination \u003cbr\u003e Il-Khanid Illumination \u003cbr\u003e Late Injuid Illumination \u003cbr\u003e The Evidence of Injuid and Il-Khanid Metalwork \u003cbr\u003e The Issues of Patronage \u003cbr\u003e The \u003ci\u003eSahih\u003c\/i\u003e of the Vizier Qutbuddin Sulaymanshah \u003cbr\u003e A Change in Aesthetics: Illuminated Muzaffarid Manuscripts \u003cbr\u003e The Illumination of the Fars Malik Khatun Qur’an \u003cbr\u003e The Development of the Mazuffarid Style \u003cbr\u003e Manuscripts of the Late 1350s and 1360s \u003cbr\u003e The Decoration of Contemporary Metalwork\u003cbr\u003e The Impetus for Change\u003cbr\u003e The Blue-and-Gold Floral Style following the Demise of the Muzaffarids \u003cbr\u003e Illumination under the Jaybirds \u003cbr\u003e Iskandar Sultan in Shiraz and Isfahan \u003cbr\u003e The Illuminated Manuscripts of Iskandar Sultan \u003cbr\u003e Iskandar Sultan’s Role as a Patron of Manuscripts \u003cbr\u003e A Time of Change: From Ibrahim Sultan to the End of Timurid Rule in Shiraz \u003cbr\u003e The Emergence of a New Illumination Style \u003cbr\u003e The Introduction of a New Type of Paper \u003cbr\u003e The Illuminations of Ibrahim Sultan and Baysunghur \u003cbr\u003e Changes in the Manuscript Industry: Production and Patronage\u003cbr\u003e Illumination in the Years Following the Demise of Timurid Control of Shiraz \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Codicology \u003cbr\u003e Textblock Format \u003cbr\u003e The Standard Format \u003cbr\u003e The Three-Sided Marginal Column Format \u003cbr\u003e The One-Sided Marginal Column Format \u003cbr\u003e Placement of Textblock on the Folio \u003cbr\u003e The Size and Proportions of Folios and Textblocks \u003cbr\u003e Folio Area\u003cbr\u003e Folio and Textbook Proportions: Height to Width Ratios \u003cbr\u003e Paper Production \u003cbr\u003e Paper of Laid Construction \u003cbr\u003e Paper of Wove Construction \u003cbr\u003e Flocculency of Paper \u003cbr\u003e Paper Color \u003cbr\u003e Paper Thickness \u003cbr\u003e Sizing and Burnishing \u003cbr\u003e “Wove-Like” Paper in Manuscripts of the Period 839-48 \/ 1435-36 to 1444-45 \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Illustration \u003cbr\u003e An Overview of Shiraz Styles \u003cbr\u003e The Basic Shirazi Mode of Painting \u003cbr\u003e Injuid Paintings \u003cbr\u003e Muzaffarid-Style Paintings \u003cbr\u003e Paintings of the Early Timurid, Pre-Iskander Era \u003cbr\u003e Paintings of Iskandar Sultan \u003cbr\u003e Paintings from the Time of Ibrahim Sultan to 1452 \u003cbr\u003e Modes of Illustration \u003cbr\u003e Ettinghausen’s Literary Model for the Categorization of Persian Painting \u003cbr\u003e The Case of Ibrahim Sultan’s \u003ci\u003eShahnama \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Layout of the Folio: The Integration of Text and Image \u003cbr\u003e The \u003ci\u003eShahnama \u003c\/i\u003eManuscripts of Baysunghur and Ibrahim Sultan \u003cbr\u003e Folio Layout in Other Manuscripts of the Fourteenth and Early Fifteenth Centuries \u003cbr\u003e The Selection of Illustrations \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Calligraphy \u003cbr\u003e The Evolution of \u003ci\u003eNasta’liq\u003c\/i\u003e Script \u003cbr\u003e Persian Hanging Scripts \u003cbr\u003e The Distringuishing Traits of \u003ci\u003eNaskh \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eNasta’liq\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Method of Analysis\u003cbr\u003e The Corpus of Manuscripts\u003cbr\u003e Results of the Script Analysis \u003cbr\u003e Interpretation \u003cbr\u003e Supporting Documentation \u003cbr\u003e An Overview of the Development of \u003ci\u003eNatsa’liq\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Bookbinding \u003cbr\u003e Construction \u003cbr\u003e Decoration \u003cbr\u003e Binding Decoration in the Fourteenth Century \u003cbr\u003e Binding Decoration in the First Decade of the Fifteenth Century \u003cbr\u003e Shiraz versus Herat: Bindings from the Time of Ibrahim Sultan and Baysunghur \u003cbr\u003e The Tooled Bindings of Shiraz \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. A Chronological Overview \u003cbr\u003e The Origins of the Classical Persian Manuscript: Changes of the Late 1350s and 1360s \u003cbr\u003e The Cultural and Political Milieu of Fourteenth-Century Shiraz \u003cbr\u003e Shiraz as a Center of Innovation \u003cbr\u003e The Period of Change under Iskandar Sultan \u003cbr\u003e The Decade of Change Following the Death of Ibrahim Sultan \u003cbr\u003e Conclusion \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendixes\u003cbr\u003e 1. Textblock Formats \u003cbr\u003e 2. \u003ci\u003eShahnama \u003c\/i\u003eTranslations \u003cbr\u003e 3. The Distribution of Text Illustrations in \u003ci\u003eShahnama\u003c\/i\u003e Manuscripts \u003cbr\u003e 4. Script Analysis Tables for Individual Manuscripts \u003cbr\u003e 5. Manuscripts and Single Folios Cited \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes \u003cbr\u003e Bibliography \u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Washington Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400921424215,"sku":"9780295991917","price":78.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780295991917.jpg?v=1730471954","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-look-of-the-book-9780295991917","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}