Timurid art and culture : Iran and Central Asia in the fifteenth century

Abstract

Discourses of an imaginary arts council in 15th-century Iran the Persian court between palace and tent - from Timur to Abbas I Turkmen princes and religious dignitaries - a sketch in group profiles craftsment and guild life in Samarkand the Baburnama and the Tarikh-i Rashidi - their mutual relationship geometric design in Timurid/Turkmen architectural practice - thoughts on a recently discovered scroll and its late Gothic parallels repetition of compositions in manuscripts - the Khamsa in Nizami in Leningrad.