The Islamic collection of over 20,000 items is being presented in an important 27-volume series, of which 17 are now published, and when completed will form a unique survey of the field to date.
The entire Islamic publication is being edited by Dr Julian Raby, previously a lecturer at Oxford University and currently Director of the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. Under Khalili's leadership, the most eminent academics in each field from major museums and institutions around the world have been commissioned to write the volumes. Among them are Professor Michael Rogers, former Curator of the Islamic Department at the British Museum, London, first holder of The Khalili Chair of Islamic Art at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and currently the Honorary Curator of the Khalili Collection. Professor Rogers is also one of the four scholars of Islamic art who are members of The British Academy.
The Japanese collection of some 1,500 pieces has been published
in a nine-volume series entitled Meiji No Takara: Treasure
of Imperial Japan. The series was edited by the late Oliver
Impey from the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford and Malcolm Fairley,
with contributions by eminent scholars including the late
Basil Robinson from the Victoria & Albert Museum, London;
Barbara Ford, Associate Curator of the Department of Eastern
Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Sato Doshin
from The Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music;
and from the British Museum Lawrence Smith and Victor Harris
who is currently Honorary Curator of the Khalili Collection
of Japanese Art.
The collections of Swedish flat weaves and Spanish damascened
metalwork have both been published in single volumes.
ISLAMIC PUBLICATIONS
The Nasser D Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, (Publications) Catalogue
- Vol I The Abbasid Tradition: Qur'ans of the 8th to 10th Centuries AD, 1992
- Vol II The Master Scribes: Qur'ans of the 11th to 14th Centuries AD, 1992
- Vol III After Timur: Qur'ans of the 15th and 16th Centuries AD, 1992
- Vol IV The Decorated Word: Qur'ans of the 17th to 19th Centuries AD: Part One, 1998 and Part Two, 2009
- Vol V The Art of the Pen: Calligraphy of the 14th to 20th Centuries, 1996
- Vol VI Bills, Letters and Deeds: Arabic Papyri of the 7th to 11th Centuries, 1993
- Vol VII Learning, Poetry and Piety: Manuscripts from the Islamic World (to be published)
- Vol VIII Paintings from India, 1998
- Vol IX Cobalt and Lustre: The First Centuries of Islamic Pottery, 1995
- Vol X Rival to China: Later Islamic Pottery (to be published)
- Vol XI Brasses, Bronze and Silver of the Islamic Lands (to be published)
- Vol XII Science, Tools and Magic: Parts One & Two, 1997
- Vol XIII Seals and Talismans (to be published)
- Vol XIV Textiles, Carpets and Costumes (to be published)
- Vol XV Glass: From Sassanian Antecedents to European Imitations, 2005
- Vol XVI Ornament and Amulet: Rings of the Islamic Lands, 1993
- Vol XVII The Art of Adornment: Jewellery of the Islamic Lands (to be published)
- Vol XVIII Gems and Jewels of Mughal India, 2010
- Vol XIX & XX Dinars and Dirhams: Part One (to be published)
- Vol XIX & XX Dinars and Dirhams: Part Two (to be published)
- Vol XXI The Arts of War: Arms and Armour of the 7th to 19th Centuries, 1992
- Vol XXII Lacquer of the Islamic Lands (Part One), 1996
- Vol XXII Lacquer of the Islamic Lands (Part Two), 1996
- Vol XXIII Occidentalism: Islamic Art in the 19th Century, 1997
- Vol XXIV Monuments and Memorials: Carvings and Tilework from the Islamic World (to be published)
- Vol XXV & XXVI The Tale and the Image: Part One & Part Two (to be published)
- Vol XXVII A Compendium of Chronicles: Rashid al-Din's Illustrated History of the World, 1995
ACADEMIC MONOGRAPHS
SPECIAL PUBLICATIONS
JAPANESE PUBLICATIONS
SPANISH DAMASCENED METALWORK PUBLICATIONS
SWEDISH ART PUBLICATIONS
ENAMELS PUBLICATIONS
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