THE MAJOR MINOR ARTS OF ISLAM

Lustre Pottery. Technique, Tradition and Innovation in Islam and the Western World by Alan Caiger‐Smith , London: Faber and Faber, 1985, 246 pp., 33 colour plates, 118 b. and w. illus., £35 Persian Lustre Ware by Oliver Watson , London: Faber and Faber, 1985, 209 pp., 16 colour plates, 148 b. and w. illus., £40 Syria and Iran. Three Studies in Medieval Ceramics edited by James Allan and Caroline Roberts , Oxford University Press, 1987, 248 pp., 231 b. and w. illus., £37.50 Studies in Islamic Art by Ralph Pinder‐Wilson , London: The Pindar Press, 1985, 326 pp., 241 b. and w. illus., £50 The Illustrations of the Maqamat by Oleg Grabar , Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 1984, 195 pp., 723 b. and w. illus. on 9 fiches, $40 Shah Jahan and Orpheus. The Pietre Dure Decoration and the Programme of the Throne in the Hall of Public Audiences at the Red Fort of Delhi by Ebba Koch , Graz: Akademische Druck‐ und Verlagsanstalt, 1988, 56 pp., 33 colour plates, 31 b. and w. Illus. The Topkapi Saray Museum. Costumes, Embroideries and Other Textiles by Hülye Tezcan and Selma Delibaş , translated, expanded and edited by J.M. Rogers , London: Thames and Hudson, 1986, 216 pp., 136 colour plates, £70 The Topkapi Saray Museum. Carpets by Hülye Tezcan , translated, expanded and edited by J.M. Rogers , London: Thames and Hudson, 1987, 248 pp., 98 colour plates, £70 The Topkapi Saray Museum. The Treasury by Cengiz Köseoĝlu , translated, expanded and edited by J.M. Rogers , London: Thames and Hudson, 1987, 215 pp., 124 colour plates, £70 The Topkapi Saray Museum. The Albums and Illustrated Manuscripts by Filiz Çaĝman and Zeren Tanindi , translated, expanded and edited by J.M. Rogers , London: Thames and Hudson, 1986, 280 pp., 181 colour plates, £70