Persian Miniatures is a picture book showcasing the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection of popular Persian illustrations from the 14th to early 17th century

"The publication of this book commemorates the one thousandth anniversary of the completion of the Shahnama, the Persian national epic, which was written down i

In the seventeenth century, the Persian city of Isfahan was a crossroads of international trade and diplomacy. Manuscript paintings produced within the city’s