Reassessing Early Safavid Art and History, Thirty Five Years after Dickson & Welch 1981

Martin Dickson once confided to Stuart Cary Welch "that twenty five years would pass before our fellow specialists would fully comprehend what we had achieved." The "achievement" he was referring to is the monumental double volume The Houghton Shahnama (1981), still ill-understood thirty five years later. Their "achievement" is a treasure trove of information that needs to be rediscovered and reused. Three recent papers that tried to discredit Dickson and Welch provided the impetus to revisit some of the complex manuscripts that they had analyzed, including the British Library Khamseh (O. 2265) and the Cartier Divan of Hafez, to discover historical details that provide a better insight into Safavid society.

Author: Abolala Soudavar
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 03/27/2016
Pages: 96
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.72lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.25d
ISBN: 9781329976153

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