Rezvan E. Oriental Manuscripts of Karl Fabergé. III: Biographical Works and Portraits (part 1) // Manuscripta Orientalia. Vol. 7. No. 4. December 2001. P. 48—54.
Karl Fabergé’s collection of Eastern manuscripts contains
two biographical works. The folios (sing. lawḥ) of the Album (muraqqa‘) from this collection contain a series of
miniatures that depict actual personages: rulers and grandees.
religious teachers and warriors. heroes of folklore,
classical poetry and the Muslim historical tradition. In
a number of cases these arc actual portraits of the miniature
artists’ contemporaries. The present article discusses one
of these manuscripts and two folios from the Album with
miniature portraits...