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'Persian Arts of the Book' gathers scholars from around the world with expert curators from Oxford and beyond to reflect on the Persian manuscript tradition. In a series of short presentations and thematic panel discussions we will examine the poetry, history, and artistic expression contained in these treasures, and the materials and crafts that contributed to making the manuscripts, as well as the history and science of their preservation. Starting with a focus on the history of collections now at the Bodleian Library, the international speakers represent the state of the field of Persian manuscript studies today.
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| # | Episode Title | Description | People | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Folktales' for an Elite Audience | Discussing the text and images of MS. Ouseley Add. 1 | Nasrin Askari | 29 Jul 2021 | |
| 7 | Making Manuscripts for a Prince of the Black Sheep | Overview of Bahari Fellowship examining the codicology and context of the Bodleian Library’s collection of manuscripts made for the 15th century Turkman patron Prince Pir Budaq | Anita Chowdry | 29 Jul 2021 | |
| 6 | Books, Bags and Boxes | Islamic manuscripts were often kept in protective bags and other enclosures, which are an integrated, though understudied part of their physical and historic appearance. | Karin Scheper | 29 Jul 2021 | |
| 5 | Poetry (and Prose) in Motion: Illuminated Manuscripts from Late Fourteenth-Century Shiraz | A short talk about illuminated manuscripts produced in late fourteenth-century Shiraz, including several in the Bodleian Collections and elsewhere | Cailah Jackson | 29 Jul 2021 | |
| 4 | The Future of the Past: poetry, portraiture, and the reception of antiquity in a Timurid Shahnama | This talk focuses on fifteenth-century paintings and poetry inserted into the Shahnama of Ibrahim Sultan (Bodleian Library MS. Ouseley Add. 176) in order to explore the correlation between portraiture and historical self-awareness | Peyvand Firouzeh | 29 Jul 2021 | |
| 3 | Studying the Pādshāhnāmas (Books of the Emperor) Manuscripts in the Special Collection of the Bodleian Library | The talk presents overviews of the three Persian Manuscripts of the Padshahnama MS Elliot 368, MS Caps ORD 1-3 & MS Fraser 138, preserved in the Special Collections of the Bodleian Library ,Oxford | Gulfishan Khan | 29 Jul 2021 | |
| 2 | The Bodleian’s Akhbār-i Barmakiyān: Tales on Super Heroes from Afghanistan and Iraq | A short talk given at the Persian Art of the Book conference | Arezou Azad | 29 Jul 2021 | |
| 1 | Illustrated Manuscript of Persian Translation of One Thousand and One Nights | A discussion of the Persian translations of the Thousand and One Nights in the World, focusing on the illustrated version kept in the Golestān Palace (Tehran) and the image-less version kept in the Bodleian Library (Oxford). | Ali Boozari | 29 Jul 2021 |