lay mainlj inarabesques, and thelike, on the title-pages,and in the line scriptof the text, caligraphybeing regarded in Iranas a high art. As yetit was seldom thatadvantage was takenof the Shia permissionto draw men oranimals. The opening decadesof the thirteenth cen-tury saw the Mongolsbegin their… … PORTRAIT OI- III SA1 \ M1KZABY B111Z \ I > ( ese sc hool, and rarel w Inch thai 1 hool fa- ed. With Pi\\ ith Eg} p1 and Mi ■ -pi it.i iiii-:. picl ures werecommonlj wrougla n almost 0 p a <| u epaper, hardly more ab-sorbed than vellum.And much of the finestIranian work, of theMongol period,…
Art · Decoration and ornament
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