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Linda York Leach
This, the second volume of the catalogue of the rare books and
miniatures in the Khalili Collection, is devoted to painting in
India under the Mughals.
The material presented here ranges in date from the late 16th to
the late 19th centuries and comprises 76 illustrated manuscripts,
album pages and detached miniatures, many of which were commissioned
by the Mughal emperors.
These include a page from Akbar's monumental Hamzah-namah; two folios
from the Ramayana commissioned by Akbar for his mother; a page from
the Padshahnamah prepared for Shah Jahan; a Khamsah prepared for
Aurangzeb; and a painting of the dynastic line from Timur to Aurangzeb.
Librarians' notations on others indicate that they were kept in
the royal libraries for generations, and a group of miniatures bears
the inventory numbers of the Mewar Collection. Pride of place among
the large group of Deccani paintings goes to one of the few complete
copies of the Falnamah or 'Book of Divination', which has 37 magnificent
paintings. This forms the basis of one of many detailed studies
in the volume.
Other subjects covered range from painting under Akbar, to the influence
of European painting, provincial Mughal painters and painting under
British rule.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dr Linda Leach is a specialist in Indian painting, London, and
author of a major new catalogue of the Indian paintings in the Chester
Beatty Library, Dublin.
DETAILS
260 pages; fully illustrated in colour
35.5 x 25.5 cm
hardback with dust jacket (slipcased)
1998
1-874780-57-9
£89 $180
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