Thursday, April 4, 2013

SASANIAN SEALS FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE EDWARD GANS

By Guitty Azarpay 
With Contributions by Catherine Demos, Edward Gans, Lydia Gans, Wolfgang Heimpel, Anne Draffkorn Kilmer, Sanjyot Mehendale and Jeanette Zerneke
I  PREFACE By Anne Draffkorn KilmerII  CONTENTS III  FOREWORD By Guitty Azarpay and Wolfgang HeimpelAcknowledgementsComposition of the Collection IV  INTRODUCTORY REMARKS By Lydia Gans, Daughter of the Late Edward Gans
V  “HOW IT ALL CAME ABOUT”
By Edward Gans, 1989
VI  INTRODUCTION TO THE CATALOGUE By Guitty Azarpay
History and Composition of the Sasanian Seals in the Gans Collection

    Organization of the Catalog
    Particulars of the Sasanian Seals
    Gans' Interest in Seals
    Function and Patronage
    Note on the Inscriptions, by Philippe Gignoux
    Stones and Materials
    Shapes
    Artistic Style
    Iconographic Theme
    Chronology
    Meaning in Sasanian Art
    A Historical Overview
    The Meaning of the Imagery on Sasanian Seals
    List of Motifs on the Sasanian Seals and on Seal-Related Objects in the Gans Collection
VII  NOTE ON THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE SEALS
By Sanjyot Mehendale
VIII  CREATION OF THE ARCHIVE
By Catherine Demos
IX  ELECTRONIC PUBLICATION
By Jeanette Zerneke
X  BIBLIOGRAPHY


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