The Diez albums /

The Diez albums /

The five Diez albums in Berlin, acquired by Heinrich Friedrich von Diez in Constantinople around 1789, contain more than 400 figurative paintings, drawings, fragments, and calligraphic works originating for the most part from Ilkhanid, Jalayirid, and Timurid workshops. Gonnella, Weis and Rauch unite...

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Other Authors: Gonnella, Julia., Weis, Friederike., Rauch, Christoph.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Boston : Brill, 2016.

Series: Islamic Manuscripts and Books 11.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2017, ISBN: 9789004325999.

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Diez, Heinrich Friedrich von, > 1751-1817 > Art collections.
Diez, Heinrich Friedrich von, > 1751-1817 > Library.
Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin > Preussischer Kulturbesitz.
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian.
Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts > Iran.
Illumination of books and manuscripts > Germany > Berlin.

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Call Number: ND3241

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction /
  • Julia Gonnella , Friederike Weis and Christoph Rauch
  • Contents and Contexts: Re-viewing the Diez Albums /
  • Julian Raby
  • Memorabilia of Asia: Diez's Albums Revisited /
  • David J. Roxburgh
  • The Oriental Manuscripts and Albums of Heinrich Friedrich von Diez and the Perception of Persian Painting in His Time /
  • Christoph Rauch
  • The Perusal of the Topkapı Albums: A Story of Connoisseurship /
  • Lâle Uluç
  • Repetition of Illustrations in the Topkapı Palace and Diez Albums /
  • Zeren Tanındı
  • Jaʿfar Tabrizi, "Second Inventor" of the Nastaʿlīq Script, and the Diez Albums /
  • Simon Rettig
  • The Illustration of the Turko-Mongol Era in the Berlin Diez Albums /
  • Charles Melville
  • The Mongols Enthroned /
  • Yuka Kadoi
  • Royal Insignia in the Periods from the Ilkhanids to the Timurids in the Diez Albums /
  • Claus-Peter Haase
  • The Depiction of Horses in the Diez Albums /
  • Barbara Brend
  • Brave Warriors of Diez /
  • Filiz Çakır Phillip
  • Models, Sketches, and Pounced Drawings in the Diez Albums: First Steps in the Making of Illustrated Manuscripts /
  • Yves Porter
  • A Persianate Drawing of the Tazza Farnese: A Work by Muhammad Khayyam? /
  • Friederike Weis
  • Scientific Investigation of Carbon Inks: An Analytical Challenge /
  • Oliver Hahn
  • The Great Mongol Shāhnāma: Some Proposed Repatriations /
  • Robert Hillenbrand
  • The Great Jalayirid Shāhnāma /
  • Bernard O'Kane
  • The Dīvān of Sultan Ahmad Jalayir and the Diez and Istanbul Albums /
  • Massumeh Farhad
  • Illustrated Messages of Love in the Diez Albums /
  • Karin Rührdanz
  • Persianate Images between Europe and China: The "Frankish Manner" in the Diez and Topkapı Albums, c. 1350-1450 /
  • Gülru Necipoğlu
  • Iconographic Turn: On Chinese Buddhist and Daoist Iconography in the Diez Albums /
  • Ching-Ling Wang
  • The Ottomans in Diez's Collection /
  • Serpil Bağcı
  • Appendix 1: Conference Programme
  • Appendix 2: Masterpieces from the Serail: The Albums of Heinrich Friedrich von Diez (1751-1817) /
  • Julia Gonnella
  • Credits
  • Index of Names, Dynasties and Epochs
  • Index of Works and Manuscripts
  • Index of Places
  • Index of Subjects.