Word: tahmasp
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...curatorial hand of Art Historian Stuart Gary Welch, several works have been brought together. The centerpiece is the Houghton Shahnama, or Book of Kings, in itself a miniature museum of the work of the greatest court artists of Tabriz, those who were assembled under the rule of Shah Tahmasp. There are other major manuscripts too, including Nizami's Quintet (a cycle of five illustrated poems), along with a group of separate miniatures...
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