Bodleian Libraries, Diwan - Public domain dedication image
Summary
Sunken panels. Persian, 16th century. Dark brown goatskin, decorated with gilt-blocked panels with a scallopedged centrepiece, and a protective fore-edge flap decorated in similar fashion. This classic Persian style of book decoration was the direct influence on Venetian bindings of the later 16th century.
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book covers
bodleian libraries university of oxford
illumination of books and manuscripts
illuminated manuscripts
Date
1537
Source
Bodleian Libraries University of Oxford
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Copyright info
public domain