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Exhibition & Collection Catalogs 

al-Andalus: the Art of Islamic Spain [N7103 .A4 1992] A landmark exhibition. The Media Resources Center has a video on the same subject.

The Age of Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent. [N7165 .A85 1987] Major exhibition on the art of the Ottoman world.

Empire of the Sultans: Ottoman Art from the Collection of Nasser D. Khalili. [N6264.G7 L66737 1995] Catalog of a major traveling exhibition.

The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art. Art Oversize, [N6264.G7 L667 1992] Multiple volumes dealing with manuscripts, painting, decorative arts, etc.

Sultan, Shah and the Great Mughal: the History and Culture of the Islamic World. [N6264.D4 C674 1996]

The Topkapi Saray Museum. (multiple catalogs; search s=topkapi) See also catalog of recent exhibition, Palace of Gold & Light: Treasures from the Topkapi, Istanbul. [N7164 .P35 2000]

The Victoria & Albert Museum Collection.Davis Library microfiche 5-11 with guide
Images from the vast Departments of Architecture & Sculpture, Ceramics, Furniture & Woodwork, Metalwork, and Textiles; international in scope, including objects of Islamic origin.

The Art of India: Paintings and Drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum. Art Library microfiche 5-254 with guide. Color fiche of the V&A's extensive collection of illuminated manuscripts.

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