Ink, Pigments & Gold
Our collections offer an extraordinary global history of the arts of the book. Writing, drawing and painting depend upon craft mastery of tools as well as materials produced to a high standard: inks and other colour pigments, and precious metals such as gold. Very close examination shows the quality of this highly-skilled work.
Epistle of Francesco Barbaro
Johannes Marcus Cynicus of Parma
1472
Naples (Italy)
CBL W 113
Highlights
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Bird, corner margin detail from the Five Treasures (Panj Ganj) of Jami`
paintings added 1603
India
CBL In 201 / 9
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Extracts from the Pali canon
probably late 18th century
Thailand
CBL Thi 13452 / 9
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Flowers and birds
c. 1800
China
CBL C 11853 / 9
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Gold illumination
Qur’an folio
c. 900
`Abbasid Iraq
CBL Is 14064 / 9
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Gospel book
late 11th or early 12th century
Byzantine Empire (modern Greece or Turkey)
CBL W 1395 / 9
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Medallion (shamsa)
from the Five Poems (Khamsa) of Amir Khusrau
1485 (890 AH)
Herat (Afghanistan)
CBL Per 1636 / 9
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Epistle of Francesco Barbaro
Johannes Marcus Cynicus of Parma
1472
Naples (Italy)
CBL W 1137 / 9
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Serapion of Edessa’s Abridged Bible
Hohannes and Aslan
1601
Amida (modern Turkey)
CBL Arm 5518 / 9
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Tale of Tawara Tōda (Tawara Tōda monogatari)
mid-17th century
Japan
CBL J 1164.19 / 9
