TY - BOOK ID - 118223064 TI - Sufi lovers, Safavid silks and early modern identity PY - 2023 SN - 9048551145 9463721738 PB - Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Clothing and dress KW - Silk pictures KW - Textile crafts KW - Women sufis KW - DESIGN / History & Criticism. KW - Religious aspects KW - Islam. KW - History. KW - History KW - Clothing. KW - Fabric crafts KW - Textile arts KW - Textile fiber crafts KW - Handicraft KW - Fancy work KW - Fiberwork KW - Woven-silk pictures KW - Apparel KW - Clothes KW - Clothing KW - Clothing and dress, Primitive KW - Dress KW - Dressing (Clothing) KW - Garments KW - Beauty, Personal KW - Manners and customs KW - Fashion KW - Undressing KW - Sufi women KW - Sufis KW - Safavid, Mughal, Silk, Nizami, Khamsa. KW - Silk, Safavid KW - Love in art. KW - Sufism in art. KW - Niẓāmī Ganjavī, KW - Illustrations. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:118223064 AB - This text examines a group of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century figural silks depicting legendary lovers from the Khamsa (Quintet) of epic Persian poetry. Codified by Nizami Ganjavi in the twelfth century, the Khamsa gained popularity in the Persian-speaking realm through illustrated manuscripts produced for the elite, creating a template for illustrating climactic scenes in the love stories of 'Layla and Majnun' and 'Khusrau and Shirin' that appear on early modern silks. ER -