This, the first of the two volumes devoted to Qur'an manuscripts produced in the period after 1600, deals mainly with Ottoman, Iranian, and Indian Qur'ans of the 17th and 18th centuries, but also includes material from China and North and East Africa. There are 78 entries and 10 essays on different aspects of Qur'an manuscript production, which - in several cases - break new ground.

The Decorated Word: Qur'ans of the 17th to 19th Centuries (The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, VOL IV Part 1)

Arts & Photography

Contadini, Anna

Stanley, Tim

Bayani, Manijeh

History & Criticism

This second volume continues the presentation of the Khalili Collection's holdings in Islamic lacquer, the world's largest and most important collection. As well as illustrating all 450 objects, this two-volume catalogue provides a major new study of the subject by two of the leading authorities in the field, including Dr. Khalili himself.

LACQUER OF THE ISLAMIC LANDS. Part Two (The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, VOL XXII)

Robinson, B. W.

Khalili, Nasser D.

Oxford University Press

Presents an overview of Islamic art, featuring examples of paintings, ceramics, textiles, calligraphy, and other works from the collections at the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Palace and Mosque: Islamic Art from the Middle East

Victoria & Albert Museum

Whatever Happened to Tradition?: History, Belonging and the Future of the West

About the Author\nTim Stanley is a historian and journalist. He graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge with a PhD in 2007, is the author of three books on American history and has taught at the University of Sussex and Royal Holloway, University of London. He started writing for the Daily Telegraph in 2011 and is now a parliamentary sketch writer, leader writer and columnist. He often appears as a commentator on TV and radio, including on The Moral Maze. He lives in Kent with a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel called Bertie.\nThe West feels lost. Brexit, Trump, the coronavirus: we hurtle from one crisis to another, lacking definition, terrified that our best days are behind us.\nThe central argument of this book is that we can only face the future with hope if we have a proper sense of tradition – political, social and religious. We ignore our past at our peril. The problem, argues Tim Stanley, is that the Western tradition is anti-tradition, that we have a habit of discarding old ways and old knowledge, leaving us uncertain how to act or, even, of who we really are.\nIn this wide-ranging book, we see how tradition can be both beautiful and useful, from the deserts of Australia to the court of nineteenth-century Japan. Some of the concepts defended here are highly controversial in the modern West: authority, nostalgia, rejection of self and the hunt for spiritual transcendence. We'll even meet a tribe who dress up their dead relatives and invite them to tea.\nStanley illustrates how apparently eccentric yet universal principles can nurture the individual from birth to death, plugging them into the wider community, and creating a bond between generations. He also demonstrates that tradition, far from being pretentious or rigid, survives through clever adaptation, that it can be surprisingly egalitarian.\nThe good news, he argues, is that it can also be rebuilt. It's been done before. The process is fraught with danger, but the ultimate prize of rediscovering tradition is self-knowledge and freedom.

History

Historical Study & Educational Resources

Bloomsbury Continuum

The West feels lost. Brexit, Trump, the coronavirus: we hurtle from one crisis to another, lacking definition, terrified that our best days are behind us. The central argument of this book is that we can only face the future with hope if we have a proper sense of tradition - political, social and religious. We ignore our past at our peril. The problem, argues Tim Stanley, is that the Western tradition is anti-tradition, that we have a habit of discarding old ways and old knowledge, leaving us uncertain how to act or, even, of who we really are. In this wide-ranging book, we see how tradition can be both beautiful and useful, from the deserts of Australia to the court of nineteenth-century Japan. Some of the concepts defended here are highly controversial in the modern West: authority, nostalgia, rejection of self and the hunt for spiritual transcendence. We'll even meet a tribe who dress up their dead relatives and invite them to tea. Stanley illustrates how apparently eccentric yet universal principles can nurture the individual from birth to death, plugging them into the wider community, and creating a bond between generations. He also demonstrates that tradition, far from being pretentious or rigid, survives through clever adaptation, that it can be surprisingly egalitarian. The good news, he argues, is that it can also be rebuilt. It's been done before. The process is fraught with danger, but the ultimate prize of rediscovering tradition is self-knowledge and freedom.

In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the Ottoman Empire was one of the world’s great powers. Generations of travelers—explorers, traders, tourists, scientists, artists—were drawn to these magical lands. Whether depictions of contemporary life in the bustling street, the court, the harem, or elegiac evocations of the ruins of antiquity, the hundred images selected here by artists from David Roberts and Edward Lear to John Frederick Lewis bring a largely vanished world vividly to life.

Images of the Ottoman Empire

Newton, Charles

A stunning introduction to the material culture of some of the great civilizations of Asia &nbsp; Iran was the home of some of the greatest civilizations of both the ancient and medieval worlds, but these achievements remain poorly known and largely misunderstood outside the country. Epic Iran tells the story of Iran from pre-Islamic through modern times and provides an opportunity to see pieces from key museum and private collections. This book combines the ancient and Islamic periods and continues the narrative into the contemporary world. It shows how civilized life emerged in Iran around&nbsp;3,200 BC and how a distinctive Iranian identity formed 2,500 years ago has survived until today, expressed in the Persian language and in religious affiliations. Lavishly illustrated, some 250 images showcase pieces including goldwork, ceramics, glass, illustrated manuscripts, textiles, carpets, oil paintings, drawings, and photographs. Alongside the historical sweep are examples from contemporary artists and makers, demonstrating the rich antecedents still influencing some modern-day practitioners.

Epic Iran: 5000 Years of Culture

Sandmann, Ina Sarikhani

Curtis, John.

This, the first of two volumes devoted to Qur'an manuscripts produced in the period after 1600, deals mainly with Ottoman, Iranian and Indian Qur'ans of the 17th and 18th centuries, but also includes material from China and North East Africa. There are 78 entries and 10 essays on different aspects of Qur'an manuscript production, which - in several cases - break new ground.

The Decorated Word: Qur'ans of the 17th to 19th centuries AD, Part 1 (The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art)

Khalili Collections

This, the second of the 2 volumes devoted to Qur'an manuscripts produced in the period after 1600, covers the 19th century in Iran and the Ottoman Empire. It contains original, groundbreaking essays and entries on some 70 fine examples, revealing the period to be one of sumptuous brilliance and intellectual innovation.

The Decorated Word: Qur'ans of the 17th to 19th centuries, part 2 (The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art)

Rogers, J.M.

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Books by Stanley, Tim

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The Decorated Word: Qur'ans of the 17th to 19th Centuries (The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, VOL IV Part 1)

LACQUER OF THE ISLAMIC LANDS. Part Two (The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, VOL XXII)

Palace and Mosque: Islamic Art from the Middle East

Whatever Happened to Tradition?: History, Belonging and the Future of the West

Whatever Happened to Tradition?: History, Belonging and the Future of the West

Images of the Ottoman Empire

Epic Iran: 5000 Years of Culture

The Decorated Word: Qur'ans of the 17th to 19th centuries AD, Part 1 (The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art)

The Decorated Word: Qur'ans of the 17th to 19th centuries, part 2 (The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art)