Painters, Paintings and Books: An Essay on Indo-Persian Technical Literature, 12-19th Centuries

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Transliteration
Table of Contents
Preface
Table of Plates
Introduction
Part One: Techniques of Painting and Arts of the Book
	Chapter 1: The ground
		1: Paper
			The origin of paper in the Iranian world
			Techniques for manufacturing paper
			Types of paper
			Formats
			Sizing and polishing
		2: Other grounds
			Cloth
			Grounds for paintings using oil-based mediums
	Chapter 2: Decorated papers
		1: Dyeing
		2: Marbling
		3: Gold flecked paper
		4: Other decorated papers
	Chapter 3: Layout and composition
		1: Ruling and layout
			Ruling
			Jadval
		2: Calligraphy and black inks
		3: Preparatory sketch and modular composition
			Sketch
			Modular composition
	Chapter 4: Painting
		1: Colours, perception and symbolism
		2: Pigments
		3: Mediums
		4: Application of colours and polishing
	Chapter 5: Subjects of the paintings
		1: The portrait
			Form and meaning
			Surat-gari, the portrait
			Majles-sâzi, group portraits and \"scènes de genre\"
		2: Landscapes, animals
		3: Illumination designs
	Chapter 6: Binding and special operations
		1: Bookbinding
			Repairs and layout of the margins (vassâli, fassâli)
			Stitching of the quires and headband
			Cardboards and covers
		2: Special operations
			Removing marks and making corrections
			\"Tricks\" and invisible inks
	Chapter 7: Mural painting and ceramics: A parallel
		1: Mural paintings
			Mural paintings of the Muslim period
			Mural paintings of the Muslim Iranian world (9th to 18th centuries)
		2: Ceramics
Part Two: The painter, the workshop, the Library
	Introduction: The painter and literature
	Chapter 8: The artist
		1: His Origin
		2: His Training
		3: His Career
	Chapter 9: The workshop, its operation and division of work
		1: The place of work
		2: Division of the work
			The calligrapher
			The painter and the illuminator
			Binders
			Colour-makers and lower staff
		3: Management and administration work
			Commissioning of the work
			Supply of material and salaries
	Chapter 10: The library
		1: The place
		2: The librarian
		3: Provisioning
Conclusion
Annexe 1: Pigments used in pre-Islamic sites
Annexe 2: Persian texts
Glossary
Bibliography
Index