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‘Lifting the Veil from the Face of Depiction’: A Festschrift in Honour of Barbara Brend

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 September 2022

MEHREEN CHIDA-RAZVI ,
ALISON OHTA  and
EMILY SHOVELTON
MEHREEN CHIDA-RAZVI*
Affiliation:
Khalili Collections, London
ALISON OHTA*
Affiliation:
Royal Asiatic Society
EMILY SHOVELTON*
Affiliation:
SOAS University of London
*
m.chidarazvi@gmail.com
ao@royalasiaticsociety.org
emilyshovelton@gmail.com
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‘Master Ahmad Musa, who was his father's pupil, lifted the veil from the face of depiction, and the [style of] depiction that is now current was invented by him.’1 This oft-quoted phrase from Dust Muhammad's (fl. 1510–64) preface to the Bahram Mirza Album2 serves as the inspiration behind our title for this Festschrift in honour of Dr Barbara Brend, whose work has enhanced our understanding and appreciation of Persianate painting.

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society , Volume 32 , Special Issue 4: Studies in Honour of Barbara Brend , October 2022 , pp. 713 - 720
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Forthcoming

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