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Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts

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    A world of beasts : a thirteenth-century illustrated Arabic book on animals (the Kitāb Na't al-Ḥayawān) in the Ibn Bakhtīshū' tradition / by Anna Contadini.

    Contadini, Anna. | Date: 2012
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    Islamic masterpieces of The Chester Beatty Library / David James.

    Chester Beatty Library. | Date: [1981], ©1981
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    Pages of perfection : Islamic paintings and calligraphy from the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg / written by Yuri A. Petrosyan [and others] ; with essays by Marie Lukens Swietochowski and Stefano Carboni.

    | Date: [1995], ©1995
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    The Quranic art of calligraphy and illumination / Martin Lings.

    Lings, Martin. | Date: 1976
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    Miniatures from Turkish manuscripts : a catalogue and subject index of paintings in the British Library and British Museum / by Norah M. Titley.

    British Library. Department of Oriental Manuscripts and Printed Books. | Date: [1981], ©1981
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