Falnama: The book of omens. With contributions Maria Mavroudi, Kathryn Babayan, Cornell H. Fleischer,Julia Bailey, Wheeler M. Thackston, Jr., and Sergei Tourkin.

Arthur M. Sackler Gallery / Smithsonian Institution, 2009

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Year of publication

2009

Place of printing

Washington D.C.

Author

Edited By Massumeh Farhad, Serpil Bagci.

Pages

Publishers

Arthur M. Sackler Gallery / Smithsonian Institution

Size

Folio - over 12 - 15" tall

Keyword

ORT Islamic manuscripts of the Collection Omen Ottoman History, of the arts Art Turkish and Islamic art, Turkish and Islamic art

Binding description

Soft cover

Languages

English

Binding

Softcover

Description

New English Paperback. Folio. (32 x 24 cm). In English. 346, [2] p., color ills. Falnama: The book of omens. With contributions Maria Mavroudi, Kathryn Babayan, Cornell H. Fleischer,Julia Bailey, Wheeler M. Thackston, Jr., and Sergei Tourkin. Whether by consulting the position of the planets, casting horoscopes or interpreting dreams, the art of divination was widely practised throughout the Islamic world. The most splendid tools ever devised to foretell the future were illustrated texts known as the "Falnama" ("Book of Omens"). Notable for their monumental size, brilliantly painted compositions and unusual subject matter, the manuscripts, created in Safavid Iran and Ottoman Turkey in the 16th and early 17th centuries, are the centre piece of "Falnama: The Book of Omens". This is the first book ever devoted to these extraordinary manuscripts, which remain largely unpublished, and sheds new light on their artistic, cultural and religious significance.