Art Study Center Seminar: Islamic Manuscripts
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Friday, November 20, 2015
Location:
Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge MA
The Shahnama by the Persian poet Firdawsi is one of the most frequently illustrated texts in Islamic art. This session will focus on a Shahnama that was likely produced in Kashmir at the turn of the 17th century, led by Mary McWilliams, the Norma Jean Calderwood Curator of Islamic and Later Indian Art; Ayşin Yoltar-Yıldırım, assistant curator; and Stephanie Rozman, the Calderwood Curatorial Fellow.
Free admission, but capacity is limited to 15 and registration is recommended. To register, please email am_visitorservices@harvard.edu.