Une Miniature Religieuse De L’Ecole Arabe De Bagdad. Son Climat, Sa Structure Et Ses Motifs, Sa Relation Avec L’Inconographie Chretienne._x000b_

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4to. XIX, 106 pp,original wraps as published, colour Arabic frontispiece miniature + 39 pp of Arabic text, 32 b/w plates, 30 figures in text, index, Memoires presentes a L'Institut D'Egypte et publies sous les auspices de Sa Majeste Farouk 1er, Roi D’ Egypte, Tome 51, Institut Francias d'Archeologie Orientale, Cairo, First Edition, 1948. The first study by an Arab on the miniatures illustrating the famous work of "Maqamat al-Hariri". The author considers that the Baghdadi school of illumination is the best example of the importance of religious painting in Islam. [ Creswell, 658].