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The Formation of Islamic Art. By Oleg Grabar. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1973. 233 pages; 131 illustrations.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2022

Priscilla P. Soucek*
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Department of the History of Art of the University of Michigan

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Copyright © Association For Iranian Studies, Inc 1975

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Notes

1. Hamilton, R. W. Khirbat al-Mafjar, Oxford, 1959, pp. 98-103Google Scholar, fig. 52, p1. LV; L,5; CVII.

2. Ibid., fig. 50.

3. Ibid., pp. 92-98, p1. LVI, CVIII.

4. Ibid., pp. 63-67, figs. 25, 26, p1s. LIII, LIV, LVI.

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