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• Title:Muraqqaʻ Imperial Mughal albums from the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin / by Elaine Wright ; with contributions by Susan Stronge [and five others].
  
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• Author/Creator:Wright, Elaine (Codicologist) author.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Stronge, Susan.
  Art Services International.
  
• Published/Created:Alexandria, Va. : Art Services International ; Hanover : Distributed by University Press of New England, 2008.
  

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  • Location:MAA LIBRARY (IKB) stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: ND3247 .W75 2008
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Chester Beatty Library--Exhibitions.
  Illumination of books and manuscripts, Mogul--India--17th century--Exhibitions.
  Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts--India--Exhibitions.
  Miniature painting, Mogul--India--17th century--Exhibitions.
  Islamic miniature painting--India--Exhibitions.
  Calligraphy, Mogul--India--History--17th century--Exhibitions.
  Islamic calligraphy--India--Exhibitions.
  Manuscripts--Ireland--Dublin--Exhibitions.
  
• Genre/Form:Exhibition catalogs.
  
• Description:xxvii, 500 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 32 cm
  
• Summary:Throughout history, people have assembled albums that record their lives and the world around them. Among the most remarkable of all albums ever created are those made in the years 1600-1657 for the emperors Jahangir and Shah Jahan. This book offers a study of some of the most remarkable of various albums created.
  
• Notes:"This volume accompanies an exhibition organized and circulated by Art Services International, Alexandria, Virginia"--Title page verso.
  Includes bibliographical references (pages 478-489) and index.
  
• ISBN:0883971534 (softcover)
  9780883971536 (softcover)
  0883971542 (hardcover)
  9780883971543 (hardcover)
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: Message from the Ambassador of Ireland to the United States of America
  Pt. 1 Prelude to the Albums
  Imperial Splendor: The Mughal Library of Sir Alfred Chester Beatty / Charles Horton
  Mughals / Elaine Wright
  Manuscripts and the Imperial Mughal Library / Elaine Wright
  Pt. 2 Albums
  Introduction to the Albums of Jahangir and Shah Jahan / Elaine Wright
  Salim Album, c. 1600-1605 / Elaine Wright
  Salim's Shikarnama, c. 1600-1605 / Elaine Wright
  Gulshan Album, c. 1600-1618 / Susan Strange
  Minto Album and Its Decoration, c. 1612-1640 / Susan Strange
  Late Shah Jahan Album, c. 1650-1658 / Elaine Wright
  Nasir al-Din Shah Album, c. 1627-1645 / Elaine Wright
  Pt. 3 Exploring the Albums Further
  Calligraphy in the Albums / Wheeler M. Thackston
  Mughal Portraiture and Drawing / Elaine Wright
  Textiles, Dress, and Attire as Depicted in the Albums / Steven Cohen
  Decorative Arts in Mughal Painting / Susan Strange
  Use of Gold in Mughal Painting / Jessica Baldwin / Rachael Smith
  Pt. 4 Catalogue
  Pt. 5 Appendices and Concordances
  1. Folios Belonging to the Salim Album
  2. Late Shah Jahan Album: CBL Folios Not Included in the Exhibition
  3. Late Shah Jahan Album: A List of Known Folios Arranged by Border Type and Subject
  4. Late Shah Jahan Album: Facing Pairs and Sequences of Folios
  5. Nasir al-Din Shah Album: CBL Folios Not Included in the Exhibition
  6. Nasir al-Din Shah Album: Dispersed (non-CBL) Folios
  7. Other Mughal Albums
  Concordance of Illustration Numbers with CBL Manuscript and Folio Numbers
  Concordance by CBL Inventory Number.