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Les miniatures de Behzad dans un manuscrit persan daté 1485

Martin, F. R. (Fredrik Robert), 1868-1933 · 1912 · Munich : Imprimé pour l'auteur chez F. Bruckmann a g. · 4 pictures

A 1912 French-language facsimile album of miniatures by the Persian painter Behzad, printed in Munich by F. Bruckmann for the author F. R. Martin, reproducing pages from a manuscript dated 1485. The pictures are sepia photogravure plates on cream paper, showing court scenes with figures in architectural settings, calligraphic text panels, and ornate illuminated borders, offering a designer reference for densely patterned Persian manuscript page layouts and framed picture-within-text compositions.

Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian

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