The Islamic Manuscript Tradition: Ten Centuries of Book Arts in Indiana University Collections

First Edition, 2010. 284 pages. Book measures 8.75 x 11.25 inches.

Over the course of ten centuries, Islam developed a rich written heritage that is visible in paintings, calligraphies, and manuscripts. The Islamic Manuscript Tradition explores this aspect of Islamic history with studies of the materials and tools of literate culture, including pens, inks, and papers, Qur'ans, Persian and Mughal illustrated manuscripts, Ottoman devotional works, cartographical manuscripts, printed books, and Islamic erotica. 

This volume's introduction serves as a broad overview of the materials in the Indiana collections and Islamic book traditions more generally. The seven essays present new scholarship on a wide range of topics including collection, miniaturization, illustrated devotional books, the history of the printing press in Islamic lands, and the presence and function of erotic paintings. A beautifully produced volume which includes 111 color illustrations. Edited by Christiane Gruber.

Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket which shows only faint signs of rubbing. A very solid copy.