Manuscript of the Baharistan (Spring Garden), 1551, Mir Husain al-Husaini; Painter: Mahmud al-Muzahhib, 8 3/4 x 5 in. ( x cm), Tooled and gilded leather, ink, colors, and gold on paper, Uzbekistan, 16th century, This manuscript, a complete version of the Baharistan, or Spring Garden, by the Persian poet Jami, demonstrates the significance of the book arts in Islamic cultures. Born of Islam’s reverence for the written word, and refined and disseminated by royal patronage, books like this one were the products of a painstaking process—from procuring paper and the leather book binding

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