This is the catalogue of an exhibit of the same name held at the Musee d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva, in 1985. It includes special contributions by many of the leading experts in Islamic art and cultural objects, including Oleg Grabar (Introduction), A. S. Melikian-Chirvani (The Aesthetics of Islam), Stuart Cary Welch (Private Collectors and Islamic Arts of the Book; The Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp; The Falnameh of Shah Tahmasp), Anthony Welch (The Arts of the Book: The Arab Lands; Iran Afghanistan and Central Asia; The World History of Rashid al-Din; Turkey; India), B. W. Robinson (Lacquer, O...