Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Chapter 1 Introduction
  • The Albums and Heinrich Friedrich von Diez
  • Chapter 2 Contents & Contexts: Re-viewing the Diez Albums
  • Chapter 3 Memorabilia of Asia: Diezâ#x80;#x99;s Albums Revisited
  • Chapter 4 The Oriental Manuscripts and Albums of Heinrich Friedrich von Diez and the Perception of Persian Paintingin His Time
  • The Diez and the Topkapı Albums
  • Chapter 5 The Perusal of the Topkapı Albums: A Storyof Connoisseurship
  • Chapter 6 Repetition of Illustrations in the Topkapı Palace and Diez Albums
  • Chapter 7 JaÊ¿far Tabrizi, â#x80;#x9C;Second Inventorâ#x80;#x9D; of the NastaÊ¿lıq Script, and the Diez AlbumsThe Albumsâ#x80;#x99; Contents: From the Mongols to the Timurids
  • Chapter 8 The Illustration of the Turko-Mongol Era in the Berlin Diez Albums
  • Chapter 9 The Mongols Enthroned
  • Chapter 10 Royal Insignia in the Periods from the Ilkhanids to the Timurids in the Diez Albums
  • Chapter 11 The Depiction of Horses in the Diez Albums
  • Chapter 12 Brave Warriors of Diez
  • The Albumsâ#x80;#x99; Contents: Drawings and Sketches
  • Chapter 13 Models, Sketches, and Pounced Drawings in the Diez Albums: First Steps in the Making of Illustrated ManuscriptsChapter 14 A Persianate Drawing of the Tazza Farnese: A Work by Muhammad Khayyam?
  • Chapter 15 Scientific Investigation of Carbon Inks: An Analytical Challenge
  • Repatriations: The Diez Albums as a Sourcefor Reconstructing Lost Art
  • Chapter 16 The Great Mongol ShÄ#x81;hnÄ#x81;ma: Some Proposed Repatriations
  • Chapter 17 The Great Jalayirid ShÄ#x81;hnÄ#x81;ma
  • Chapter 18 The DıvÄ#x81;n of Sultan Ahmad Jalayir and the Diez and Istanbul Albums
  • Chapter 19 Illustrated Messages of Love in the Diez AlbumsEurope, China and Istanbul: The Albums in a Broader Perspective
  • Chapter 20 Persianate Images between Europe and China:The â#x80;#x9C;Frankish Mannerâ#x80;#x9D; in the Diez and Topkapı Albums, c. 1350â#x80;#x93;1450
  • Chapter 21 Iconographic Turn: On Chinese Buddhist and Daoist Iconography in the Diez Albums
  • Chapter 22 The Ottomans in Diezâ#x80;#x99;s Collection
  • Appendix 1 Conference Programme
  • Appendix 2 Masterpieces from the Serail: The Albums of Heinrich Friedrich von Diez (1751â#x80;#x93;1817)
  • Credits
  • Index of Names, Dynasties and EpochsIndex of Works and Manuscripts
  • Index of Places