The most splendid tools ever devised to foretell the future were illustrated texts known as the "Falnama" ("Book of Omens"). This book deals with these extraordinary manuscripts and focuses on their a
Babaie (Islamic art history, U. of Michigan), Kathryn Babayan (Iranian history and culture, U. of Michican), Ina Baghdiantz-McCabe (Armenian history, Tufts U.), and Massumeh Farhad (curator of Islamic