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Approaches To Understanding Oriental Carpets, Carol Bier Feb 1996

Approaches To Understanding Oriental Carpets, Carol Bier

Carol Bier

No abstract provided.


Legacy Of Collector George Hewitt Myers, Carol Bier Feb 1996

Legacy Of Collector George Hewitt Myers, Carol Bier

Carol Bier

No abstract provided.


Falcons And Flowers: Safavid Persian Textile Arts, Carol Bier Jan 1993

Falcons And Flowers: Safavid Persian Textile Arts, Carol Bier

Carol Bier

No abstract provided.


Visions Of Infinity: Design And Pattern In Oriental Carpets, Carol Bier Jan 1990

Visions Of Infinity: Design And Pattern In Oriental Carpets, Carol Bier

Carol Bier

No abstract provided.


Dragon, Blossoms, Sunbursts: Textile Arts Of The Caucasus, Carol Bier Jan 1989

Dragon, Blossoms, Sunbursts: Textile Arts Of The Caucasus, Carol Bier

Carol Bier

No abstract provided.


The Work Of Ai-Hasan B. Muhammad, Die Engraver At Isbahan And Al-Muhammadiyya, Carol Bier Jan 1979

The Work Of Ai-Hasan B. Muhammad, Die Engraver At Isbahan And Al-Muhammadiyya, Carol Bier

Carol Bier

Four Buyid coins in t he collection of t he American Numismatic Society, struck between 358- 68H. /A.D. 968- 79 at two mints in Jibal province, illustrate a phenomenon unique in the history of Islamic coinage.! They concern the status of a die engraver named al-Hasan b. Muhammad. A silver dirham bearing his signature was first noted by George C. Miles and published in 1938. It was at that time the only Islamic coin known to bear t he signature of a die engraver. More recently, four additional coins have been located which shed more light upon the career of …