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Secaucus.
Wellfleet Press.
1988.
Map, profusely illustrated with colour and black and white illustrations, 225pp, glossary, bibliography, concordance, elegant bookplate tipped in front free endpaper, very good copy in dustjacket. Quarto. Suleyman (1494-1566) was a statesman, warrior, administrator, lawgiver, poet and patron of the arts. This catalogue includes over 160 treasures from both the British Museum and the Turkish national collections, and demonstrates Suleyman's magnificence in the eyes of his successors for whom his reign appeared a truly golden age. Chapters include iconography, calligraphy, bindings, poetry, crafts, jewellery, gold and hardstones, encrusted porcelains, mirrors, arms and armour, furniture and woodwork, textiles and Iznik potteries. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 74730)
ISBN: 9781555216573
Related Subject Areas:
Art
Calligraphy
History
iconography
Middle East
Ottoman Empire
Textiles
Turkey
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Suleyman the Magnificent. (Suleyman the Magnificent.)
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