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Persia - 1 an ancient empire centering in W + SW Asia; at its peak
it extended from Egypt + the Aegean to India; conquered by
Alexander the Great 334-331 BC 2 former official name
(until 1935) of Iran. Moslems invaded Persian in the 8th C +
sternly suppressed the ancient religion of Zorathistra. THe persians accepted the Koran but with a difference
-ink, gold, colors, opaque watercolors on paper/ velum.

During the period 1370-1500 the supremacy of the new Iraqi tradition
was challenged by the growth in popularity of 2 new scripts: ta'liq
and nasta'liq. The First is a chancery hand with highly stylised
forms. The second was used initially for the transcription of
poetry, but by the end of the 15th C it had supplanted naskh
for the writing of prose as well.
[inserted] The Arts of the Book in Central Asia Ref ND 3244 A77 1980 f ed. Basil Greg [end inserted]
- ornamentation of the 1st folio - in the center - medallion or nosette
known as a shamsa. The 14th C saw a change in the colouring
of the nosette. In the first 1/2 the predominating colors are gold,
white, pale blue + red, very occasionally also green, but in the
second 1/2 dark blue begins to predominate + continues to do
so throughout the whole of the 15th C.
-paper - gold spraying (afshan).
- framers - 15th C - one dark blue + 2 gold lines. By the
end of the 15th C + 16th C the number of collored lines in the
frome increases upto to 7-9.
- The binding of books in leather can be traced back to Coptic Egypt
during the 1st C AD. As Islam + the Arabic language spread, so did
leather working techniques + book binding styles. The fact that the fine
goat skin used for bindings is called morocco attista to the traditional
importance of Islamic leather working skills. The earlier books were
decorated by impressing metal stamps upon the moistened leather.
When there is no added element. a book cover is called blind
tooled. When gold leaf is affized to a design already blind tooled,
the cover is said to be gold tooled
- lacques covers later